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Tamara Talbot Rice
ANCIENT ARTS OF
CENTRAL ASIA

Detail of Urartian Helmet



Illustration 52, p63 in Tamara Talbot Rice, Ancient Arts of Central Asia, 1965
52 Bronze helmet of Argysht I. It follows Assyrian tradition in the method of decoration and similar types of shields and helmets can be seen engraved on the object itself. Karmir Blur, seventh century BC
52 Bronze helmet (detail): horsemen and chariots. Belonging to Argysht I. Urartian, seventh-sixth century BC. Karmir Blur. Photo: State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad



See also a full image of the helmet and a quiver from the same source.