Two helmets

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

MMA_.1989.281.49-.50

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MMA_.1989.281.49-.50

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Greek

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European; Southern European; Greek

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Greek, Cretan

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Greek, Cretan

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Two helmets

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Two helmets

Title

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Title Type:

Object name

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Object name

Title Type

false

View:

Full View, 1989.281.49

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Full View, 1989.281.49

View

false

Creation Date:

late 7th century B.C.

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late 7th century B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-633

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-633

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-600

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-600

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Bronze

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Bronze

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Bronzes

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Bronzes

Classification Term

false

Style or Period:

Cretan

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Cretan

Style or Period

false

Dimensions:

H. of helmet with horses and lions 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm); H. of helmet with winged youths 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

met

H. of helmet with horses and lions 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm); H. of helmet with winged youths 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1989.281.49-.50

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1989.281.49-.50

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989

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Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

These helmets, along with three mitrai (belly guards) also in the Museum's collection, are the finest pieces of a large cache of armor that came to light in southern central Crete, where it was undoubtedly made. The inscriptions suggest that the armor was captured as booty and offered as a dedication. In repoussé on both sides of one helmet is a pair of winged youths grasping a pair of intertwined snakes. Below them are two panthers with a common head. The helmet is inscribed 'Neopolis.' In repoussé on both sides of the other helmet is a horse; incised on each cheekpiece is a lion. The inscription states that Synenitos, son of Euklotas, took this object.

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<P>These helmets, along with three mitrai (belly guards) also in the Museum's collection, are the finest pieces of a large cache of armor that came to light in southern central Crete, where it was undoubtedly made. The inscriptions suggest that the armor was captured as booty and offered as a dedication. In repoussé on both sides of one helmet is a pair of winged youths grasping a pair of intertwined snakes. Below them are two panthers with a common head. The helmet is inscribed 'Neopolis.' In repoussé on both sides of the other helmet is a horse; incised on each cheekpiece is a lion. The inscription states that Synenitos, son of Euklotas, took this object.</P>

Context

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Two helmets