Helmet
950–900 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 29.5 x 19.5 cm (11 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Horace L. Mayer
Accession number1981.25
On View
On viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
Provenance1981, sold by Mohammad Yeganeh (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2012), Frankfurt, to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: February 11, 1981)
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 1980.276 and 1980.277, and 1981.25 were said to have been found together in the Lake Van region of eastern Anatolia (tomb of Ishpuini?).
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 1980.276 and 1980.277, and 1981.25 were said to have been found together in the Lake Van region of eastern Anatolia (tomb of Ishpuini?).
900–600 B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
7th–4th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
883–612 B.C.