Illyrian-type helmet

Description

A bronze helmet of the Illyrian type — a form worn, broadly, **from the 7th to the 4th century BC** [1]: a rounded bowl with two ridges along the crown, cheek-pieces protecting the face and an open face without a nose-guard.

**Six** helmets of this type have been found in Montenegro: four in the ancient cemeteries of Budva, one in a warrior's grave at Kličevo near Nikšić and one in the river Zeta. They belong to the latest phase of the type's development, **from the 6th to the 4th century BC**, though they were probably used for longer. None of them comes from Ulcinj. [2]

**The model is not a copy of a specific find**: it was made from photographs of one helmet of this type and serves as an illustration and a basis for a replica. Its height was set to **255 mm**, after the 3D scan of a real helmet of the same type from Nikšić; at that height the model is narrower (width-to-length ratio 0.64 against 0.83), so it is not presented as a copy of it.

Measured on the model: average sheet thickness **2.9 mm**, volume 316 cm³, surface 2,202 cm². Four helmets (110, 150, 200 and 255 mm) and eight stands were prepared for 3D printing.