05-27-2012, 08:07 PM
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Even though the fresco dates from 239 AD, I cannot help but seeing (or imagining?) Julius Terentius wearing an Intercisa-style ridge helmet with a metal crest every time I take a look at it. I also seem to recognize a Niederbieber-style helmet on the third top left figure (which are supposed to resemble statues of gods or deified emperors).
However, the Yale University Art Gallery states that the peaked helmets of the deities are in fact of Palmyrene origin (http://ecatalogue.art.yale.edu/detail.htm?objectId=4961). If true, that would rule out the Niederbieber-style helmet, but not the Intercisa-style helmet.
I was wondering what others think about it and make of it.
Even though the fresco dates from 239 AD, I cannot help but seeing (or imagining?) Julius Terentius wearing an Intercisa-style ridge helmet with a metal crest every time I take a look at it. I also seem to recognize a Niederbieber-style helmet on the third top left figure (which are supposed to resemble statues of gods or deified emperors).
However, the Yale University Art Gallery states that the peaked helmets of the deities are in fact of Palmyrene origin (http://ecatalogue.art.yale.edu/detail.htm?objectId=4961). If true, that would rule out the Niederbieber-style helmet, but not the Intercisa-style helmet.
I was wondering what others think about it and make of it.
Thijs Koelewijn