Helmet - Catalog No. 48

This bronze helmet was part of an elite warrior hoard deposited in a large ceramic vessel. It was placed in a situla (bucket-shaped vessel), covered with a cauldron, along with two arm spirals. The helmet’s body was embossed from a flat disc, and cast-on technology was used to produce the knob. It is a thick and quite efficient piece of armor that was fixed onto an organic padding with rivets. A total of fifteen similar objects have been recovered mainly from their presumed production center in the northeastern Carpathian Basin. János Gábor Tarbay