Attic helmet
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Attic helmet |
| Use: | helmet |
| Region of origin / author: |
Scythian area , Greece , armourers |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean and Black Sea area |
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The Attic helmet is a protective weapon from the Scythian area in today's southern Russia and from ancient Greece .
description
The Attic helmet is made of bronze . He has an ellipsoidal helmet bowl. The helmet narrows sharply in the lower head area. The neck protection of this type of helmet has a special construction; the neck protection drops almost vertically and is then bent outwards. At the side of the head it is also pulled down low and provided with cutouts for the wearer's ears. On the face area, cheek flaps are attached with the help of hinges . The cheek flaps become wider towards the bottom and are rounded towards the back. At the front they are provided with a pointed protrusion in the middle. Depending on the version, there are holders for plumes or other figurative decorations on the top of the helmet. There are different versions. It was widespread in ancient times. It got its name from its use in Greece. The Attic helmet has a total height of about 31 cm.
literature
- Hermann Pflug : Antique helmets (= art and antiquity on the Rhine. No. 129). Rheinland-Verlag et al., Cologne et al. 1989, ISBN 3-7927-1112-5 , pp. 24, 26.
- Thomas Schäfer : Andres Agathoi. Studies on the reality content of the armament of Attic warriors on monuments of the classical period (= sources and research on the ancient world. Vol. 27). Tuduv-Verlags-Gesellschaft, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-88073-554-9 , pp. 33, 79, 87 (also: Frankfurt am Main, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 1994).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Evgenij V. Cernenko: The protective weapons of the Scythians (= prehistoric bronze finds. Department 3: Protective weapons. Vol. 2). Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-515-08659-5 , p. 87.