AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1989.281.49-.50
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Greek
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Greek, Cretan
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Title:
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Two helmets
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View, 1989.281.49
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Creation Date:
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late 7th century B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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-633
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Creation End Date:
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-600
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Materials and Techniques:
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Bronze
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Classification Term:
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Bronzes
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Style or Period:
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Cretan
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Dimensions:
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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)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1989.281.49-.50
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
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Rights:
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Context:
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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. |
Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.gr1989.281.49.R.tif
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