Assyrian pointed helmet

Assyrian pointed helmet
Information
Weapon type:	Protective weapon
Designations:	Assyrian pointed helmet
Use:	helmet
Working time:	800 to 700 BC Chr.
Region of origin / ; author:	Assyria , gunsmiths
Distribution:	Assyria
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An Assyrian pointed helmet is a protective weapon from Assyria.

description

An Assyrian pointed helmet is usually made of bronze . It has a conical shape that tapers to a point. Six holes were made on the edges, which were used to attach cheek flaps or chin straps. Some versions are decorated with patterns and symbols on the front. There are helmets of this type where the cheek flaps are attached with hinges.

literature

Assyrian attack with archers and a battering ram on a fortress; Northwest Palace from Nimrud; 865-860 BC BC Relief from the British Museum

RD Barnett: To Assyrian Helmet. In: The British Museum Quarterly. Vol. 18, No. 4, 1953, ISSN 0007-151X , pp. 101-102.

Individual evidence

↑ Website of Hermann Historica, Munich, available online, (German., Accessed on February 12, 2011) ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
↑ Tamás Dezsö: Near Eastern helmets of the Iron Age (= BAR. International Series. Vol. 992). Hedges - British Archaeological Reports, Oxford 2001, ISBN 1-84171-193-4 , pp. 22, 26, 58.
↑ Auguste Demmin : An Illustrated History of Arms and Armor from the earliest Period to the present time. Translated by CC Black. G. Bell & Sons, London 1901, pp. 165-166 (reprinted. Wildhern Press, Teddington 2008, ISBN 978-1-84830-049-1 ).

[1] Website of Hermann Historica, Munich, available online, (German., Accessed on February 12, 2011) ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )

[2] Tamás Dezsö: Near Eastern helmets of the Iron Age (= BAR. International Series. Vol. 992). Hedges - British Archaeological Reports, Oxford 2001, ISBN 1-84171-193-4 , pp. 22, 26, 58.

[3] Auguste Demmin : An Illustrated History of Arms and Armor from the earliest Period to the present time. Translated by CC Black. G. Bell & Sons, London 1901, pp. 165-166 (reprinted. Wildhern Press, Teddington 2008, ISBN 978-1-84830-049-1 ).