Helmet
| Object Number: | MS1606 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Etruscan Italy Gallery Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria (uncertain) |
| Date Made: | 400BC-300BC |
| Early Date: | -400 |
| Late Date: | -300 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Height: | 32 cm |
| Length: | 26.3 cm |
| Width: | 20.8 cm |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number: | 841 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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. Helmet resembles that on MS1613.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| The Classical World: Italy ( Apr 1958 - 1969) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Weapons and Defense (27 Oct 1951 - 06 Jan 1952) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical World - Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical Gallery: Etruscan (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 75 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Turfa, Jean M. 2013. The Etruscan World.. New York. Routledge. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 753, fig. 39.12 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 146-147, no. 109; p. C3, pl. 10 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 753, fig. 39.12 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 18, no. 26 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Luce, Stephen B. 1920. "Ancient Helmets in Italy". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 11. no. 1. pg. 68-76 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 73-75, fig. 47 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes.. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 415, 1549ff | View Objects related to this Type Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 213, no. 3 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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