[Regia-NA] The horror of horned helmets

[Grimr Einarsson]

There are a couple of 18th(?) century persian/indian
helms with small horns on them made from metal in the
Wallace Collection.  I remember the horns to only be a
few inches long.

Grímr
--- DON HARRINGTON <donharrington@msn.com> wrote:
> Although this has nothing to do with Viking times, I
> found it fascinating.
> In the March/April 2003 issue of Archaeology
> Odyssey, page 54, there are
> images of twelfth century B.C. warriors with (you
> guessed it) horned
> helmets.  There is a picture of two bronze figures
> where the helmets look
> familiar, essentially a pointed cone with two horns
> attached, facing
> slightly forwards.  There is also a picture of an
> engraving in which the
> helmets look much more like WWII helmets, with the
> horns sitting on top.
> (So much for consistency in iconic sources.)  The
> engraved figures are, of
> course, carrying round shields.
> 
> These are identified as Shardana / Sardinian
> warriors.  With another sense
> of déjà vu, they are described in Egyptian texts as
> fierce fighters and
> acted as both mercenaries and pirates.
> 
> Don H.
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Grímr Einarsson
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