Helmet name

[Ross Cowan]

I agree with Christian. It is not a Negau. I'm not sure if it can be described as a direct ancestor. The Negau develops from single, not multi-part, bowl helmets, e.g. the so-called Buckelhelme types. The direct precursor of the Negau may be a particular form of the sixth cent. BC Picente 'Montelparo' helmet. See Egg 1986, no. 57, and my articles in Ancient Warfare iss. 3 (2007) and Arch. Korr. for a Montelparo helmet showing clear signs of development towards the classic Negau form.

M. Egg, Italische Helme: Studien zu den ältereisenzeitlichen Helmen Italiens und der Alpen (1986)

Ross H. Cowan ‘An Important Italic Helmet Rediscovered’, Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 37 (2007), 379-387

Cheers,
R