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Detail of Urartian Helmet
State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg



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Bronze helmet (detail): chariot. Belonging to Argysht I. Urartian, seventh-sixth century BC. Karmir Blur.
Referenced as 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



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