Helmet
Object Number:
MS1606
Current Location:
Etruscan Italy Gallery
Provenience:
Italy (uncertain)
Etruria (uncertain)
Date Made:
400BC-300BC
Early Date:
-400
Late Date:
-300
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Bronze
Description:
Helmut (of Jockey Type). Bronze. Two ear flaps, one of which is original. Helmet decorated around lower edge with broad rope pattern, above which are two narrow bands of ornamentation, which is increased at the back by the addition of lined triangles. Helmet is broken at top by severe blow which destroyed crest, if there was one.
Height:
32cm
Length:
26.67cm
Other Number:
| 841 | - | Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Weapons and Defense ( Oct 1951 - Jan 1952)
The Classical World: Italy ( Jun 1958 - 1969)
Classical Gallery: Etruscan (1975 - 2000)
Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 146-147, C3
[Catalogue] White, Donald and Ann Blair Brownlee, Irene Bald Romano, Jean MacIntosh Turfa. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 18
[Article] Luce, Stephen B. 1920. "Ancient Helmets in Italy". The Museum Journal. 11 (1): 68-76. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 73-5, fig. 47
[Book] The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 415, 1549ff
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