Helmet with ear indication, bronze, chased, riveted, bronze, Total: Height: 29 cm; Width: 17 cm; Depth: 19.5 cm, protective clothing, weapons (warfare/military), ritual objects and accessories, armor (warfare/military), early archaic, Greek antiquity, The helmet is made of two parts, which are riveted together by an overlapping longitudinal seam in the center of the skull. Forehead, cheek and chin protection leave only a small part of the face free. The outline of the main hair and beard is represented by a slight, planar relief elevation. The naturalistic ears chased out of the metal are striking. The preserved part of the neck guard is decorated by two ornamental bands between relief lines. This helmet comes from a larger complex of helmets, tanks and mitres found in 1964 in Aphrati (ant. Arkades) in southern central Crete. They were deposited in monumental clay vessels in a cult or assembly building. The more extensive part of the find is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In Cretan works, an eastern influence is more often observed, since the island of Crete played an important role in conveying eastern art traditions to the West. As Erika Simon pointed out, the weapons of Arkades were probably used in ritual weapon dance rather than in battle. They were then consecrated to a deity.
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