Crosby Garrett helmet
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Crosby Garrett helmet |
| Use: | helmet |
| Creation time: | about 1st century to 2nd century |
| Working time: | about 1st century to 2nd century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Roman Empire , armourers |
| Distribution: | Roman Empire |
| Particularities: | Cavalry sports helmet Type C / Maria Kohlert Type V |
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The Crosby Garrett Helmet is in May 2010 near Crosby Garrett in the county of Cumbria , in England from a nearby Kirkby Stephen probe goers found mask helmet . It is a parade helmet that was used by the Roman cavalry and dates from around the reign of Emperor Hadrian .
The helmet is made of sheet bronze and is in two parts. The alloy consists of 82% copper, 10% zinc and 8% tin. Some of the sheet metal parts are covered with a whitish metal layer, which indicates that the coating with tin should possibly simulate silver sheet. The helmet bell is made in the style of a Phrygian helmet or a Phrygian cap . The edge of the mask around the forehead is worked into a curly hairstyle. On the tip of the helmet there is a figure of a griffin , which was designed in great detail.
The mask, which experts say is a masterpiece of Roman metalworking, is made of white metal (also Britannia metal ) and extends to the wearer's forehead. It ends at the end of the hairstyle and is there connected to the helmet bell by a hinge. The helmet was unfolded to put on. The helmet was not used in fighting, it was used for ceremonial purposes only. It was worn at a type of cavalry sporting event called ( Latin ) hippika gymnasia , and was intended to be an expression of the wearer's strength and riding skills.
So far only two other complete helmets of this type have been found in England, the Ribchester helmet and the Newstead helmet .
Whereabouts
Although the helmet of the controversial Portable Antiquities Scheme, a public organization that works with probe users and is supposed to safeguard the interests of monument preservation and the protection of cultural property, the helmet has now disappeared in unknown private property. The helmet was auctioned at Christie's in 2010 . Its value had been estimated at £ 200,000-300,000 and various museums were trying to acquire the helmet. However, the helmet went to an unknown buyer for £ 2,330,468.75. The important object was just as lost to science as it was to the public. The Royal Academy in London , however, presented the helmet to the public for the first time in a special exhibition on important bronze works of art on September 9, 2012.
Web links
- Find report at Archeology Network News
- Find reports by the BBC with an explanation (film) by the auction house Christies / London
- Report of arrival at the Tullie House Museum
- Reports on the auctions at Christie's in London ( Report 2 )
- Close-ups of the helmet at Salvoweb ( picture 2 , picture 3 )
Individual evidence
- ^ H. Russell Robinson: The Armor of Imperial Rome. Arms and Armor Press, London 1975, ISBN 0-85368-219-4 , pp. 114-117.
- ↑ Maria Kohlert: Typology and chronology of the face masks. In: Jochen Garbsch : Roman parade armor (= Munich contributions to prehistory and early history. 30). C. H. Beck, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-406-00500-4 , pp. 19-28, here pp. 23-24.
- ↑ I'll look you in the eye, cavalryman. In: Die Welt , October 2, 2010
- ↑ BBC report of October 7, 2010 , accessed on February 11, 2011. (English)
- ^ Report of the Tullie House Museum of September 14, 2010 , accessed February 11, 2011. (English)
- ↑ Portable Antiquity and Collecting Heritage Issues: "Britain's Secret Treasures": Damage-Control Ending? (English)
- ^ Crosby Garrett Helmet to be part of the Royal Academy Exhibition. BBC News September 9, 2012. (English)