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Tamara Talbot Rice
ANCIENT ARTS OF
CENTRAL ASIA

Urartian Helmet

Urartian bronze helmet of Argysht I. Karmir Blur, seventh century BC.

Illustration 51, p63 in Tamara Talbot Rice, Ancient Arts of Central Asia, 1965
51 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

51 Bronze helmet: embossed with horsemen and chariots. Belonging to Argysht I. Urartian, seventh century BC. Karmir Blur. Photo: State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad

See also a detail and a quiver from the same source.