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Assyrian helmet at Olympia (1)

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09 Army and warfare




 		Keywords
garments
weapons
Period
5th century BCE 		Channel
Greek inscriptions

Text
A Persian helmet from the booty captured by the Athenians after the battle of Marathon, 490 B.C. (Olympia Archaeological Museum). The inscription added by the Greeks indicates that it ended as booty dedicated to the gods. The helmet style is Assyrian.

“The Athenians took [this helmet] from the Medes [and dedicated it] to Zeus.”

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Helmet from the Olympia Archaeological Museum

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On the Median and Achaemenid Empires

Simo Parpola


URL for this entry: http://www.aakkl.helsinki.fi/melammu/database/gen_html/a0001457.php

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Fig. 1: A Persian helmet from Olympia.

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