Helmet lid

Title: Helmet lid
Inventory Number: A0227
Date Acquired: 1970
Source: George Allen, Hesperia Art
Provenance: Italy
From Date: -799
To Date: -700
Description: Imitation in clay of bronze helmet. Rounded body rising from top of which tall, very slightly tapering cylindrical neck w finial in form of gabled roof which perforated horizontally under gable and by row of small holes around circumference of edge. Body below neck & just above base set off by horizontal rib above & below and space between ribs divided into 4 sections by single vertical raised ribs. Surfaces & ribs decorated with fine incision: on neck concentric horizontal lines, on shoulder pendant triangles below which isolated multiple zigzag devices, within ribbed sections metopes decorated with geometric patterns & surrounded by border of multiple zigzag devices; widely spaced groups of incised lines running across roof. Burnished surface.
State of Preservation: Intact.
Height: 27.5 cm
Max Diameter: 10.57 cm
Base Diameter: 19 cm
Color: Surface ca 5YR 5/3 (reddish brown) 5YR 3/1 (very dark gray).
Notes: SMA file photo
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay