Two bronze helmets

Greek, Cretan

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 152

These helmets and the three mitrai exhibited below them 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, the son of Euklotas, took this object.

#1007. Two Bronze Helmets

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Two bronze helmets, Bronze, Greek, Cretan

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Two bronze helmets, Bronze, Greek, Cretan
Two bronze helmets, Bronze, Greek, Cretan
Two bronze helmets, Bronze, Greek, Cretan

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