Filottrano helmet
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Filottrano helmet |
| Use: | helmet |
| Working time: | around 450 BC Chr. |
| Region of origin / author: |
Italy , Etruscan armourers |
| Distribution: | Italy |
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The Filottrano helmet is a helmet and a protective weapon from Italy.
description
The helmet of Filottrano consists of bronze and iron . He was found in the Celtic burial ground of Filottrano in Italy at the beginning of the 20th century . The helmet is made of bronze, the helmet shell is half-round and has several decorative grooves. A decoration in the form of a coin is attached to the front just above the edge of the helmet . On top of the helmet a semicircular bulge is expelled , which is significantly smaller in circumference than the rest of the helmet. A helmet ornament is attached to the helmet, which resembles horns or some kind of antenna . The cheek flaps are triangular, which is only used on Celtic helmets, and studded with thick bronze rivets.
literature
- E. Baumgärtel: The Gaulish Necropolis of Filottrano in the Ancona Museum. In: The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 67, 1937, ISSN 0307-3114 , pp. 231-286, here p. 276.
- Jacques Moreau : The World of the Celts (= Great Cultures of the Early Period. NF Vol. 3). Kilpper, Stuttgart 1958, p. 6.
Individual evidence
- ^ Dennis W. Harding: The archeology of Celtic art. Routledge, London et al. 2007, ISBN 978-0-415-42866-8 , p. 88.
