Crete: helmets and stuff

[Decebalus]

Very interesting helmet. Any idea what those doodads on the sides might be? Attachments for side-plumes or tails, maybe?

This pic of the type found in Ordona (neck guard and cheek guards missing) shows that these attachments could have hold horns and ears of bronze sheet.
These "Kegelhelme" are dated c. 700-675 BC
(H. Born - S. Hansen, Frühgriechische Bronzehelme, Slg. Axel Guttmann Bd. 3, Mainz 1994).

Greets,

Decebalus/Andreas Gagelmann