COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
mediaCollectionId
AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1989.281.49-.50
amicoid
MMA_.1989.281.49-.50
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2000
aly
2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
oty
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Greek
crc
European; Southern European; Greek
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Greek, Cretan
crt
Greek, Cretan
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Two helmets
otn
Two helmets
Title
false
Title Type:
Object name
ott
Object name
Title Type
false
View:
Full View, 1989.281.50
rid
Full View, 1989.281.50
View
false
Creation Date:
late 7th century B.C.
oct
late 7th century B.C.
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
-633
ocs
-633
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
-600
oce
-600
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze
omd
Bronze
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Bronzes
clt
Bronzes
Classification Term
false
Style or Period:
Cretan
std
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
oon
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
oop
New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1989.281.49-.50
ooa
1989.281.49-.50
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
ooc
Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
Credit Line
false
Rights:
orl
<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.
cxd
<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
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.gr1989.281.50.R.tif
ril
MMA_.gr1989.281.50.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false