Urartian helmet
| Urartian helmet | |
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Urartian helmet |
| Use: | helmet |
| Working time: | about 800 BC Chr. |
| Region of origin / author: |
Urartian Empire , armourers |
| Distribution: | Urartian Empire |
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A Urartian helmet is a protective weapon from the Urartian Empire .
description
A Urartian helmet is usually made of bronze . The helmet bowl is round at the bottom and tapers towards the tip. Various patterns in high relief form can be incorporated on the front . In the lower area there are often three to four grooves on the edge of the helmet. There is usually a fastening ring on the right side of the lower edge of the helmet.
literature
- Hermann Born , Ursula Seidl : Protective weapons from Assyria and Urartu (= Axel Guttmann Collection 4). Verlag Collection Guttmann bei von Zabern, Mainz 1995, ISBN 3-8053-1666-6 , pp. 174-175, ISBN 3-8053-1666-6 .
Individual evidence
Web links
Commons : Urartian Helmets - Collection of images, videos and audio files
