39042
Title Of Article Chaper
Two unique golden helmets. Separate finds from pre-Roman Celtic France
Title Of Journal Book
Gold bulletin
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
110-111
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A technical description of the two helmets which are made of iron covered with bronze sheet decorated with repousée patterns, which in tum is coated with thin gold foil. They are too small to have been worn by anyone except very young persons and were probably used for ritual purposes; they date from the 4th to 3rd centuries <sub>BC</sub>. See also AATA 20-2143 for related study of metal finds. -- AATA
Keywords
France;Meta working technology repousee;Gold foil;Celt;Helmet, Ritual, Iron, Bronze, Gold, Repousee, Celtic, France AATA
pub_id
39042