A sheet bronze Corinthian helmet of Myros type with rounded skull, flared brim to the rear, brow with ridge to lower edge, tongue-shaped nasal and flared square cheek-guards; incised concentric lines to the border; two holes to the rear for attachment of straps.

PROVENANCE:
Property of North London collector; a gift from his godfather in 1984; formerly acquired from Germany in the early 1980s; thence by descent. Accompanied by a report of metallurgic analytical results, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford.

PUBLISHED:
Exhibited by Bruce Castle Museum, London, 'Festival of British Archaology' 16th-31st July 2011; accompanied by photographs of the display, the caption display card, and a copy of the Bruce Castle Museum services exhibition receipt documentation; also exhibited by Enfield Museum, Dugdale centre, 'Ancient Greece' 22 April 2013 to 22nd May 2014; accompanied by a copy of the Enfield Museum services exhibition receipt documentation; and published in an article entitled Ancient Greek Artifacts, in a London-based Greek Cypriot newspaper called Pariakai, 10th April 2008, and accompanied by a copy of the article.

LITERATURE:
See Born, H. Die Helme des Hephaistos. Handwerk und Technik griechischer Bronzen in Olympia, München, 2009 for discussion; Egg, M. & Waurick, G. Anike Helme, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz, 1990.