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Boeotian Helmet, Brass, 4º c. BC

€176.72
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Boeotian Helmet, Brass, 4º c. BC

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This Greek military helmet was inspired by a well-preserved bronze discovery accidentally recovered from the Tigris River in Iraq in 1854. The original artifact, dating from the 4th century BC and believed to belong to a knight of the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great, is now on display at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England.

The Boeotian helmet bears the name of the Greek region of Boeotia (or Boiotia), where it can have its roots. This open-faced helmet, modeled on a wide-brimmed felt hat called petasos, was shaped with a single sheet of bronze. Typical features were the vaulted crown (later conical) and the flap enlarged and tilted down, with projected front section and folds on the sides. This specific shape made the helmet ideal for mounted troops, as it provided adequate protection for the neck, face and side without impairing the sight and hearing of hoplites. Although used primarily by the Greeks and Macedonians during Classical Antiquity and the Hellenistic period, evidence shows that this type of helmet was also used by Roman cavalry in the Republican period.

The Boeotian helmet offered here is a one-piece brass construction (gauge of 1.2 mm / 18). The interior is not lined, but the delivery includes a padded cotton cover that makes this thin helmet fully usable for staging, LARP, theater etc.

Details:

- Material: 1.2 mm brass, 100% cotton cover

- Suitable for head circumference up to approx. 67 cm

- Long distance (back to front): approx. 23 cm

- Short distance (ear to ear): approx. 20 cm

- Height: approx. 30 cm

- Weight (helmet only): approx. 1.6 kg

- Weight with padded lid: approx. 1.7 kg

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