06-24-2013, 08:00 PM
Hi Svenja, thanks for the hint, but if you refer to the helmet pictured here:
http://books.google.de/books?id=5pzs975hnpoC&pg=PA36 which is also in the Junkelmann publication, it does not have a secure providence and might as well be a Roman military helmet of Boetian type.
If it is a Gladiatorial helmet i agree with Junkelmann in attributing it to the Eques Armatura on account of this relief of two Eques: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40060535@N0..._713120568
I am more interested in the three specimens from overseas however as the Detroit helmet resembles the one shown in an early 1st AD Relief which is the only known depiction of a Murmillo vs. Retiarius pairing. (junkemann 2008, Pic. 349)
@Richard, thank you for this good find and detailed picture..
http://books.google.de/books?id=5pzs975hnpoC&pg=PA36 which is also in the Junkelmann publication, it does not have a secure providence and might as well be a Roman military helmet of Boetian type.
If it is a Gladiatorial helmet i agree with Junkelmann in attributing it to the Eques Armatura on account of this relief of two Eques: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40060535@N0..._713120568
I am more interested in the three specimens from overseas however as the Detroit helmet resembles the one shown in an early 1st AD Relief which is the only known depiction of a Murmillo vs. Retiarius pairing. (junkemann 2008, Pic. 349)
@Richard, thank you for this good find and detailed picture..
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