Greek, Cretan / Two helmets / late 7th century B.C.

Greek, Cretan
Two helmets
late 7th century B.C.
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Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Greek
Creator Name-CRT: Greek, Cretan
Title: Two helmets
Title Type: Object name
View: Full View, 1989.281.50
Creation Start Date: -63
Creation End Date: -60
Creation Date: late 7th century B.C.
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Bronzes
Materials and Techniques: bronze
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)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 1989.281.49-.50
Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Style or Period: Cretan
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.

AMICA ID: MMA_.1989.281.49-.50
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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