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Helmet

Unknown500 - 300 BCE

National Museum of the History of Ukraine

National Museum of the History of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine

This is the helmet with a nasal strip and movable cheek plates. The upper part of the helmet is elliptical-shaped. The nape part is concave with a bent edge. The edges of the eye arches and the nasal strip have thickened proportions. Vikentii Khvoika discovered this artifact in 1898 in the burial of a warrior near the village of Pastyrske, Cherkasy region. Ancient Greek armorers made such helmets during the 5th-4th centuries BC in the historical region of Attica. Samples of ancient Greek weaponry could reach the territory of Ukraine through the ancient Northern Black Sea polises.

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  • Title: Helmet
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 500 - 300 BCE
  • Location Created: Antique production
  • Physical Dimensions: l 325, w 240 mm
  • Type: Armour
  • Rights: National Museum of the History of Ukraine
  • Medium: Bronze, casting, forging
  • Place found: Cherkasy Region, Ukraine
  • Period: Early Iron Age
  • Culture: Scythian cultural circle
National Museum of the History of Ukraine

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