"Staffordshire Hoard helmet reconstructed" Topic
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Tango01  | 14 Mar 2019 12:48 p.m. PST |
"With more than 4,000 pieces, the hoard of 7th century gold and silver fragments discovered in 2009 near the village of Hammerwich in Staffordshire, England, is the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon precious metals ever found. About 1,500 of those pieces were found to come from a single artifact: an extremely rare helmet of highest quality. Like the famous helmet discovered in the 7th century ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk in 1939, the Staffordshire helmet must have belonged to an individual of high status.The Sutton Hoo helmet's owner is believed to have been King Rędwald of East Anglia; the helmet is made of iron, tinned bronze sheeting, bronze and a few prominent gilded elements like the upper lip. The Staffordshire helmet was covered in reliefs of silver gilt foil, so has even more precious metal surfacing than the Sutton Hoo helmet…."
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| Shagnasty | 14 Mar 2019 1:54 p.m. PST |
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| gavandjosh02 | 14 Mar 2019 2:58 p.m. PST |
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| whitejamest | 14 Mar 2019 3:49 p.m. PST |
That's a darn good looking helmet. |
 PaulCollins | 14 Mar 2019 4:12 p.m. PST |
I believe that one couldn't help but feel "large and in-charge" in that. |
| goragrad | 14 Mar 2019 8:05 p.m. PST |
So another conversion of a Roman helmet. Beautiful work. |
Roderick Robertson  | 15 Mar 2019 10:40 a.m. PST |
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| Aethelflaeda was framed | 15 Mar 2019 11:42 a.m. PST |
Perhaps it was a Roman helmet passed down. Lots of questions remain about the hoard. |
| Tango01 | 15 Mar 2019 12:18 p.m. PST |
Happy you like it boys!.
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| goragrad | 15 Mar 2019 8:31 p.m. PST |
The Sutton Hoo helmet was also a conversion of a Roman Cavalry helmet. One presumes that other than items used as grave goods, that any serviceable equipment would continue in use until lost or damaged beyond repair. It is interesting that what would have been issue helmets for the Romans were considered suitable for conversion centuries later. |
| Tango01 | 16 Mar 2019 11:27 a.m. PST |
Interesting indeed….! Amicalement
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| GurKhan | 02 Apr 2019 3:00 a.m. PST |
The Sutton Hoo helmet was also a conversion of a Roman Cavalry helmet. The skull of the Sutton Hoo helmet is made of a single piece of iron, whereas Late Roman helmets are made from two pieces (or more) joined by the ridge-crest. So while it is obviously influenced by Roman styles, it doesn't seem to have been an actual reworked Roman helmet. Not sure about the skull of the Staffordshire helmet. |
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