05-17-2006, 02:23 AM
Back to the topic... maybe.
This helmet comes from a vase in Paris, Cab. Med. 537+598, ARV 429, 19. The image comes from Nick Sekunda's chapter on Classical Warfare in The Cambridge Ancient History, Plates to Volumes V and VI: The Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C. He describes it as "a new form of composite-helmet, made from combined iron scales and plates," which appeared at this time.
Whether it's decoration or construction, it's a bit of an odd-looking helmet. See my next post for evidence that it does in fact represent scales.
This helmet comes from a vase in Paris, Cab. Med. 537+598, ARV 429, 19. The image comes from Nick Sekunda's chapter on Classical Warfare in The Cambridge Ancient History, Plates to Volumes V and VI: The Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C. He describes it as "a new form of composite-helmet, made from combined iron scales and plates," which appeared at this time.
Whether it's decoration or construction, it's a bit of an odd-looking helmet. See my next post for evidence that it does in fact represent scales.
Dan Diffendale
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
