Sassanid helmet
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Sassanid helmet |
| Use: | helmet |
| Region of origin / author: |
Sassanid Empire , armourers |
| Distribution: | Sassanid Empire |
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A Sassanid helmet is a protective weapon from the Sassanid Empire.
description
A Sassanid helmet is made of iron . There are different versions of these helmets, which are counted among the spangen helmets . Usually these helmets are conical in shape. A wide band runs across the apex line, which connects the struts (clasps), which converge from the sides, with the helmet shell and offers protection against blows from above. The clasps and the helmet ridge are attached with thick rivets . The surface design varies with the different versions (see web links). Helmets of this type were worn by the Sassanid light cavalry troops and the mounted, heavy cavalry (KhosrowII).
literature
- Thomas Stöllner , Rainer Slotta , Abdolrasool Vatandoust (ed.): Persia's ancient splendor. Mining, craft, archeology (= publications from the German Mining Museum. 128). Catalog of the exhibition of the German Mining Museum Bochum from November 28, 2004 to May 29, 2005. German Mining Museum, Bochum 2004, ISBN 3-937203-10-9 .
- H. Russell Robinson: Oriental Armor. Jenkins, London 1967, p. 24 (Reprinted. Courier Dover Publications, Mineola NY 2002, ISBN 0-486-41818-9 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Yaacov Lev (Ed.): War and society in the eastern Mediterranean, 7th – 15th centuries (= The medieval Mediterranean. Volume 9). Brill, Leiden et al. 1997, ISBN 90-04-10032-6 , pp. 65, 98.
