Heraklion Archaeological Museum - CollectiveAccess System : Bronze objects : Bronze Corinthian-type helmet [Χ3001]

Bronze Corinthian-type helmet

Χ3001

Metal (Bronze)

Intact

Height: 22 cm.

Axos

Sanctuary of Aphrodite

Early Archaic period:

630-600 BC:

Gallery:

XVII

Case:

176

Exhibition thematic unit:

Geometric - Archaic - Classical period (10th - 4th c. BC). The Sanctuaries. From Minoan cult to the amalgamation of religious beliefs

Sanctuaries

Description

Bronze Corinthian-type helmet produced by a Cretan workshop, which reveals the high quality of the Cretan metalwork of the period. The outer surface is decorated with rich relief motifs. There are two winged horses on each side, while the surface is filled with wavy lines, bands and floral motifs. Above the zone corresponding to eyebrow level, the decoration terminates in two snake heads. The helmet is one of the many votive offerings of weapons and armour discovered at the Sanctuary of Aphrodite in Axos.

Bibliography:

Boardman J., The Cretan Collection in Oxford: The Dictaean Cave and Iron Age Crete, Oxford, 1961, 143-144, fig. 56. Rizzo M.A., “The first explorations”, in Ancient Crete, A Hundred Years of Italian Archaeology (1884-1984), Rome, 1984, 35-36, figs 16-18.

Author:

S. P.

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