IDENTIFIERS
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id:	70586
accession number:	GR.B.3

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 14 May 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: helmet
object type: Copper alloy helmet with spiral and curving linear decoration.  The main body of the helmet is made in one piece and working marks are visible on the interior surface. 

A band of copper alloy with a raised hollow cylinder (for holding feathers?) is attached over the top of the helmet with two rivets. 

On the sides of the helmet are additional metal components that may have been used to hang textile elements over the ears.  These are made from copper alloy and are attached with two larger rivets and a line of small rivets.  On the proper right (PR) side the metal on the inside has a line of punched holes that correspond to the rivets on the outside.  This is not present on the proper left (PL) ear piece, suggesting that the PR one was wrongly attached and later turned round.  On the PL side, the metal work has been repaired, probably in antiquity.  A strip of copper alloy has been attached to the inside and outside of the helmet with what appear to be lead solder on visual examination.

On the front of the helmet and PL back area areas of mineralised textile or other organic material.
title:	helmet

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/70586





CATEGORIES
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category: armour

DATING
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creation date:	500 - 401
creation date earliest:	500
creation date latest:	401
culture:	Classical


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: m
value: 0.24