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2000 year old 'horned' helmet from Caucasus

Started by aligern, March 26, 2013, 12:11:39 PM

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aligern

Helmet in warriors grave in Caucasus
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/23661

A fascinating Hellenistic period set of graves. Needs more expertise tHan I to illuminate.
Roy

Duncan Head

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The ram's-horns on one helmet is a not uncommon decoration in the region - see http://tinyurl.com/czhsanb, the Maiotian chieftain reconstruction in Gorelik's Scythians Osprey. From the location, this burial might be Maiotian, as well. The zigzags on the other helmet are more unusual, in my experience.

Edit: A similar ram's-horn helmet from Dakhovskaia, in the article at http://tinyurl.com/cl9mhsa.
Duncan Head