MAIASP. 2020. No. 12 A.E. Negin ( SPANGENHELME TYPE HELMET FROM THE Mardjani Foundation COLLECTION DOI: 10.24411/2713-2021-2020-00012 Access
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The
article publishes a helmet from the collection of the Mardjani
Foundation. This specimen belongs to the group of so-called “spangenhelme” helmets, which date from the 6th
— 7th centuries. At the same time, the published specimen is
unique and has some features that distinguish it from this group of helmets.
It combines design elements from both Byzantine and Sassanian
armament traditions. The helmet decoration contains symbols of the Christian
tradition, which act as an apotropaion for the
helmet’s owner. Although the place and circumstances of the discovery of the
helmet are unknown, based on a mixture of elements of the Byzantine and Sassanian traditions of decorating helmets, it can be
assumed that the helmet was made in the Caucasus, in the territory where the
influence was equally strong from both Byzantium and Sassanid Persia. |
Key words: helmets, armor, defensive
armament, spangenhelme, |
Received December 12, 2020 Accepted for publication
December 26, 2020 |
About the authors: Negin Andrey Evgenevich ( E-mail: aenegin@mail.ru
Raffaele D'Amato ( E-mail: rdamato@hotmail.it |