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Reproduction Gladiator Helmet

1916.07.0005

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Artifact Identification Reproduction Gladiator Helmet   (1916.07.0005)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Science & Technology T&E
    2. :
  2. Armaments
    3. :
  3. Body Armor
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Early Roman Empire
Date Before 79 CE
Culture Thracian
Location On Exhibitin the Ancient Mediterranean exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 37.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 31.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 22.2 cm
Weight 7,689 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Metal--Bronze
Manufacturing Processes Electrotyping,

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Astier, Marie-Benedicte. "Helmet of a Thracian Gladiator." Louvre Museum website, accessed 21 July 2015. http://www.louvre.fr/en/node/25146

Jacobelli, Luciana. Gladiators at Pompeii. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2003.

Also see unpublished student paper by Cox and Kalaher, 2012P.0069.

Kohne, Eckart and Cornelia Ewigleben, eds. Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2000.

Wisdom, Stephen. Gladiators: 100 BC-AD 200. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2001.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Classical Museum Purchase
Reproduction yes, Original in National Museum, Naples per Jim Dengate. Illustration: J. Chiurazzi & Fils. Fonderie Artistiche Riunite. p. 430, Naples Museum no. 5649.

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