Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, Middle Elamite, ca. 1500–1100 B.C., Southwestern Iran, Elamite, Bronze, gold foil over bitumen, H. 16.5 cm, W. 22.1 cm, Metalwork-Implements, This example of military headgear is elaborately decorated with three figures on the front. The central one is a male water deity who holds a flowing vase at his chest. He has a multiple horned crown, a beard, curled hair, and a mountainlike or scale pattern on the lower body like the one on the background
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Helmet, divine figures beneath, bird, outstretched wings, Middle Elamite, ca, 1500–1100 B.C, Southwestern Iran, Elamite, Bronze, gold foil, bitumen, H, 16.5 cm, W, 22.1, Metalwork-Implements, example, military headgear, elaborately decorated, three figures, front, central, male water, deity, holds, flowing vase, chest, multiple horned, crown, beard, curled hair, mountainlike, scale pattern, lower body, background
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