Helmet

Helmet

Public Domain

Helmet
CultureUrartian
Titles
  • Helmet
Date850–700 BC
Possible placeGeorgia
Possible placeIraq
Possible placeTurkey
Possible placeSyria
Made inUrartu
Possible placeIran
Possible placeArmenia
MediumBronze
Dimensions12 × 7 3/4 in. diameter (30.5 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Meredith J. Long in honor of Cornelia Long, at "One Great Night in November, 2013"
Object number2014.7
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Gawain McKinley Antiquities, Ltd., London, by 1969] ; purchased by Selim Dere, London, from 1969 [1]; [Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, by 2014; purchased by MFAH, 2014.

[1] Invoice, dated May 21, 1969.

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