07-07-2014, 12:10 AM
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
first original Carthaginian helmet found?
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07-07-2014, 12:10 AM
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia RAT member #6?
07-07-2014, 12:42 AM
Sounds exciting! Hard to know what to make of the helmet though...
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Nathan Ross
07-07-2014, 06:45 AM
Interesting but, yes, very difficult to make anything of the helmet prior to restoration.
The excavators earlier speculated that one of the Montefortinos (PW11-0030) could have been Carthaginian based on an inscription. For a publication of the finds made to date see Tusa & Royal Also, one of the rams, Egadi 7 has one of the most realistic depictions of a Montefortino with a triple feather crest. See fig. 10 in Tusa & Royal and pic no. 4 on this site: Egadi 7 as well as this great site: rpmnautical
Regards,
Jens Horstkotte Munich, Germany
07-07-2014, 08:16 AM
Based on the description in the text (nasal, deep neck guard), the helmet appears most likely to be a variant of the Chalcidian or even Ibero-Chalcidian type. At least in Spain these helmets appear to have remained in use through the end of the 3rd century BC:
RAT
Regards,
Jens Horstkotte Munich, Germany |
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