Illyrian-type helmet

Kaciga ilirskog tipa

Illyrian-type helmet

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Historical period
helmet type of the 7th–4th century BC
Dimensions
visina 255 mm (po skenu kacige iz Nikšića)
Material
bronze (original)

A bronze helmet of the Illyrian type — the form worn in the western Balkans from the 7th to the 4th century BC: a rounded bowl with two ridges along the crown, cheek-pieces protecting the face and an open face without a nose-guard.

The model is not a copy of a specific find: it was made from photographs of one helmet of this type and serves as an illustration and a basis for a replica. Its height was set to 255 mm, after the 3D scan of a real helmet of the same type from Nikšić; at that height the model is narrower (width-to-length ratio 0.64 against 0.83), so it is not presented as a copy of it.

Measured on the model: average sheet thickness 2.9 mm, volume 316 cm³, surface 2,202 cm². Four helmets (110, 150, 200 and 255 mm) and eight stands were prepared for 3D printing.

Technical drawing — Illyrian-type helmetOpen PDF (A3) ↓
Six views of the helmet model
Six views of the helmet model
  • H. Pflug, „Illyrische Helme“, u: Antike Helme, RGZM Monographien 14, Mainz 1988.
  • 3D sken kacige ilirskog tipa iz Nikšića — poređenje visine i proporcija (CC BY-NC, nije objavljen ovdje).