05-27-2012, 10:31 PM
Rado,
I see your argument and it is entirely possible you are correct. It is not unusual to find that certain things that Robinson said could be misleading or incorrect.
The issue with the neckguard for instance, the Gallic C has a larger sloping neckguard. It appears that in the supposed Gallic series, it is the D and G with the smaller neckguards and the C and H with the larger neckguards. I dare say more so than the Sisak helmet you are showing. It appears that the Sisak helmet's neckguard is in between the known Gallic F and the Gallic C,D.
The bowl of the C also appears to be deeper than the Sisak helmet.......the Gallic D also has a deep bowl just like the C. The Sisak helmet bowl is not as deep as the two mentioned.
The "eyebrows" are curved but the ridge layout is different between the Sisak and C. The absense of earguards (which is included in typology), the decoration on the neckguard, temples, etc (also included in typology. All these issues make the Sisak gravitate towards the F not the C.
I also understand that you are trying to say that the Sisak helmet is a modified C or it evolved from the C. This is true but the same can be said of other Gallic helmets that were contemporary or came after the Gallic C.
Remember that the typology of Robinson is not a time evolution of helmets but feature based. The Gallic C did not necessarily come before the Gallic D. It may have but what makes them different is the features.
I see your argument and it is entirely possible you are correct. It is not unusual to find that certain things that Robinson said could be misleading or incorrect.
The issue with the neckguard for instance, the Gallic C has a larger sloping neckguard. It appears that in the supposed Gallic series, it is the D and G with the smaller neckguards and the C and H with the larger neckguards. I dare say more so than the Sisak helmet you are showing. It appears that the Sisak helmet's neckguard is in between the known Gallic F and the Gallic C,D.
The bowl of the C also appears to be deeper than the Sisak helmet.......the Gallic D also has a deep bowl just like the C. The Sisak helmet bowl is not as deep as the two mentioned.
The "eyebrows" are curved but the ridge layout is different between the Sisak and C. The absense of earguards (which is included in typology), the decoration on the neckguard, temples, etc (also included in typology. All these issues make the Sisak gravitate towards the F not the C.
I also understand that you are trying to say that the Sisak helmet is a modified C or it evolved from the C. This is true but the same can be said of other Gallic helmets that were contemporary or came after the Gallic C.
Remember that the typology of Robinson is not a time evolution of helmets but feature based. The Gallic C did not necessarily come before the Gallic D. It may have but what makes them different is the features.
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