Apulo-Corinthian Helmets(a work in progress - please submit comments, corrections and suggestions; photos are also always welcome) |
Key to tables: Dimensions: H Height (to top of dome; excludes any crest attachments unless otherwise noted). L Length front to back. W Width side to side. Th. Thickness of material.
# | Provenience: | Location: | Details: | Publication: | Pics: |
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1. | Melfi-Chiuchiari, tomb A | Melfi National Museum (50246) | Confronted boars | Orlandini, Table 53 above, 52 above. | |
2. | Melfi-Chiuchiari, tomb A | Melfi Nat'l Mus. (50245) | Horse left, boar right. | Orlandini Table 54 below. | |
3. | Miglionico | Melfi National Museum (12292) | Undecorated. | Lo Porto, Table 51.1 | |
4. | Ruvo di Puglia | British Museum (Walters 2831) | Undecorated. H 10.75 in. | Stary, fig. 14 | |
5. | Ruvo di Puglia | Naples Nat'l Mus. (5732) | Undecorated. | G. Fiorelli, Museo Nazionale di Napoli, armi antiche, Naples 1869, armi greche, p. 1 ss., n. 3 (10081) | |
6. | Ruvo di Puglia | Naples Nat'l Mus. (5731) | Undecorated. | Ibid. n. 2 (2544) | |
7. | Rutigliano, Tomb 24 | Taranto Nat'l Mus. (140173) | Undecorated. | "Atti 16 conv. Magna Grecia Taranto 1976," Naples 1977, Table 112. | |
8. | Salapia, Tomb 140 | Foggia Town Mus. | Undecorated. | Illustrated in G.M. Fazia, Il Museo Civico di Foggia (Bari 1984), p.25 fig. 43 | |
9. | "Apulia" | British Museum (Walters 2823) | Undecorated. H 16.25 in. | Stary, fig. 12; P. Connolly, Greece and Rome at War, p. 61 n. 14 | |
10. | Northern Apulia | Foggia Town Mus. | Confronted boars. | - | |
11. | Syracuse | Berlin, Antikenmuseum (L29) | Confronted boars. H 146mm, L 259mm, W 223mm, Th. 0.5-1.6mm | Antike Helme p. 420 s. | |
12. | "Sicily" | Berlin, Staatlische Museen (L27) | Confronted boars. H 167 mm, L 250mm, W 215mm | Antike Helme p. 545. | |
13. | "Magna Graecia" | Paris, Bibliotheque National (BB 2015) | Undecorated. H 20cm | A.-M. Adam, Bronzes E/trusques et italiques (Paris 1984), n. 149 | |
14. | Unknown | Milan, Museo Poldi Pezzoli (2469) | Undecorated. | Cavalieri Manasse, p. 36, n. 30A | |
15. | Unknown | Berlin, Antikenmuseum (L26) | Confronted boars. H 179mm, L 253mm, W 197mm, Th. 0.9-2.1 mm | Antike Helme p. 418 s. | |
16. | Unknown | Mannheim, Reiss-Museum (Ce 9 (N)) | Undecorated. | F.-W. von Hase, in Mannheimer Hefte 1982, 2, p. 99 ss. | |
17. | Unknown | Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts (1966.8) | Confronted boars. | Ibidem, p. 103 | 1,2 |
18. | Unknown | Ex-Marx-Siek collection | Undecorated. | Weinzinger, Table 8, n. 234 | |
19. | Unknown | Lausanne, private collection | Confronted boars. | H. Bloesch, in Mélanges d'histoire et d'archéologie offerts à P. Collart, Lausanne 1976, p. 83 ss. | |
20. | Unknown | Ex-Guttmann collection | Undecorated. | Sotheby's 12/9/1985, n. 130; Hermann Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen, Sammlung Axel Guttmann II (Mainz 1993), example XXI. | |
21. | Unknown | Ex-Guttmann collection | Undecorated. | Christie's 11/17/1977, n. 404, table 34; Antike Helme, p. 98ss, fig. 47; Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Antike Helme, Kalender 1989 (Oktober); Born 1993, Ex. XII; Christie's 2004, p. 79 n. 85; Royal-Athena Galleries, Auction 81, Oct. 2004, p. 6 n. 19. | |
22. | Unknown | London market | Confronted boars. | Sotheby's 7/10/1972, p. 39, n. 149, table 35 | |
23. | Unknown | London market | Undecorated. | Sotheby's 6/12/1967, p. 70, n. 156 | |
24. | Unknown | London market | Undecorated. | Sotheby's 6/19/1961, p. 28, n. 116 | |
25. | Unknown | London market | Confronted boars. | Sotheby's 7/13-14/1987, p. 147, n. 410 | |
26. | Unknown | Sempach Station (Switzerland), Private collection | Confronted boars. | - | |
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27. | Unknown | Gen-Hashlosha (Israel), Museum of Regional and Mediterranean Archaeology (Inv.-Nr. IAA 72-5683) | Confronted boars, one plume holder broken off, small cracks in the neck guard, a small piece missing. Rough, light green and brownish patina. H 245mm | Ines Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans (Jerusalem 1991) p. 92 no. 110 with picture (front) | |
28. | Unknown | Ex-Guttmann Collection | Undecorated. H 18cm, 1067g | Hermann Historica, Munich, 11/19/2005, Lot 148 | 1,2,3 |
29. | Unknown | Ex-Guttmann Collection | Undecorated. H 24cm | H.Born/M.Junkelmann, Romische Kampfund Turnierrustungen, Alex Guttmann Collection, volume 6, Berlin/Mainz 1997, p.97 ff, fig. 73-76 and p.153 ff, plate XVII-XX and fig. 108; Royal Athena Galleries HMY04 - Art of the Ancient World, 2004, no. 58; Ancient Arms, Armor, no. 16 | 1,2,3 |
30. | Unknown | Ex-Guttmann Collection | Undecorated. H 17cm, 872g | Hermann Historica, Munich, 11/19/2005, Lot 149 | 1,2,3 |
31. | Unknown | Ex-Guttmann Collection | Undecorated. H 175mm, 855g | Hermann Historica, Munich, 11/19/2005, Lot 150 | 1,2 |
32. | Unknown | Ex-Guttmann Collection | Confronted boars. H 165mm, 833g | Hermann Historica, Munich, 11/19/2005, Lot 152 | 1,2,3 |
33. | Unknown | Ex-Guttmann Collection | Undecorated? H 18cm, 1084g | Hermann Historica, Munich, 11/19/2005, Lot 186 | 1,2 |
34. | Serra di Vaglio (Basilicata) - Braida, Tomb 108 | presumably Potenza | Undecorated? | A. Bottini and E. Setari, Basileis? I piu recenti rinvenimenti a Braida di Serra di Vaglio: risultati, prospettive e problemi (Rome 1995), p. 16, figs. 16-17 | |
35. | Unknown. | Ex American collection | Confronted horsemen. H 30cm | Royal Athena Galleries GMU04 | 1,2,3 4,5 |
36. | Unknown. | Ex Guttmann Collection | Undecorated. H 168mm | Royal Athena Galleries CLG127 - Ancient Arms, Armor, no. 19 | 1,2,3 4 |
37. | Unknown | Ex-Guttmann Collection (AG 161) | confronted boars, H 241mm, slight restorations | Christie's 2004, p. 5 n. 17 |
# | Provenience: | Location: | Details: | Publication: | Pics: |
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1. | Melfi-Chiuchiari, Tomb F | Melfi Nat'l Mus. (50398) | Confronted boars. | - | |
2. | Melfi-Chiuchiari, Tomb F | Melfi Nat'l Mus. (50388) | 2 sphinxes and boar left, boar and 2 sphinxes right. | - | |
3. | Melfi-Chiuchiari | Melfi Nat'l Mus. (50753) | Left lost, horse right. | - | |
4. | Melfi-Leonessa, Tomb 7/1973 | Melfi Nat'l Mus. (52960) | Confronted boars. | Orlandini, Table 53 below; Popoli anellenici in Basilicata, p.114 s., pl. 46 | |
5. | Lavello, Tomb 56 | Melfi Nat'l Mus. (52888) | Confronted horses. | Orlandini, pl.55 top; PA p.130 s., pl. 57 | |
6. | Banzi, Tomb A/1934 | Reggio Calabria Nat'l Mus. | Unrestored. | NSc 1936, p.428 ss., fig. 13 | |
7. | Ripacandida, Tomb 82 | Melfi Nat'l Mus. (118161) | Undecorated. | Bottini 1983 | |
8. | Pomarico | British Museum (Walters 2832) | Lion and boar left; boar and sphinx right. H 10.75 in. | Stary, fig. 13; P. Connolly, Greece and Rome at War, p. 61 n. 15 | |
9. | Ordona, Tomb 25/1876 | Turin, Royal Armory | Probably undecorated. H 170mm (with lophos 250mm), L 280mm, W 200mm | A. Angelucci, Catalogo della Armeria Reale di Torino (Turin 1890), p. 13 s., n. A' 13, fig. 12; M. Mayer, Apulien, vor und während der Hellenisierung, Leipzig-Berlin 1914, p. 67 | 1,2 |
10. | Cumae | Naples Nat'l Mus. | Confronted boars. | - | |
11. | "Southern Italy" | Berlin Antikenmuseum (L90) | Undecorated. H 163mm, L 277mm, W 213mm, Th. 0.5-1.2mm | Antike Helme, p. 427 | |
12. | Friuli | Turin, Armeria Reale | Probably undecorated. | Angelucci, p. 13, n.A'12, fig. 11 | |
13. | Krko (Gurkfeld an der Save), Slovenia | Berlin Antikenmuseum (L30) | Confronted boars. H 185mm, L 291mm, W 192mm, Th. 0.7-2.0mm | Antike Helme p. 422 s. | |
14. | Athens (?) | Berlin, Staatlische Museen (31590) | Confronted boars. | Lipperheide, n. 284, pp. 71 and 505 | |
15. | Unknown. | Milan, Museo arch. com. | Confronted boars. | P. Orlandini, in Le civiche raccolte di Milano, Milan 1979, pp. 91 and 127. | 1 |
16. | Unknown. | Milan, Museo Poldi Pezzoli (2420) | Left Sphinx, lion, lion; Right lion, lion, sphinx. | Cavalieri Manasse, p. 36, n. 29A | |
17. | Unknown. | Berlin, Staatlische Museen (Pergamon-museum) (L28) | Horses(?). H 170mm, L 270mm, W 215mm | AA 1905, p. 15 ss., fig. 4; Antike Helme, p. 545 | |
18. | Unknown. | Berlin, Antikenmuseum (10398) | Complex decoration (confronted boars). H 197mm, L 283mm, W 220mm, Th. 0.6-1.9mm | Antike Helme, p. 424 ss. | |
19. | Unknown. | Nürnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum | Undecorated. | Lipperheide, n. 45, p. 73 | |
20. | Unknown. | Frankfurt, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (B501) | Undecorated. | - | |
21. | Unknown. | Brussels, Musée du Cinquantenaire (A703) | Left 2 Confronted warriors, 2 wrestlers, sphinx, lion; Right lion, sphinx, horseman; beneath the eyes reversed ibexes | P. Amandry, in BCH 73, 1949, p. 441, n. 16, pl. 25. | |
22. | Unknown. | Copenhagen, Nat'l Mus. (ABa889) | Left lion, sphinx, lion; Right boar, lion (?), sphinx. | - | 1,2 |
23. | Unknown. | Boston, Museum of Fine Arts (69.1075) | Undecorated. | M. Comstock & C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes, Boston 1971, p. 494, n. 589B | |
24. | Unknown. | Switzerland, Private collection | Left lion and boar; Right boar and lion. | - | |
25. | Unknown. | Basel market | Undecorated. | Muenzen und Medaillen AG Basel, Auktion 51, März 1975, Kunstwerke der Antike, n. 218, pl. 59 | |
26. | Unknown. | London market | Undecorated. | Antiquus 1986 | |
27. | Unknown. | London market | Undecorated. | Sotheby's 12/12-13/1983, n. 318 | |
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28. | Larino | (?) (Inv. 34920) | (?) H 170mm; Diam. 200mm; Diam. trasv. 245mm | S. Capini & A. DiNiro, eds., Samnium: Archeologia del Molise, 1991, p. 89, n. c129; p. 98, pl. 8c; Molise 1998, pp. 276-278, p.277 lower left. | |
29. | Unknown. | New York Market | Confronted boars. L 298mm | Sotheby's 6/12/2001, n.70 | 1 |
30. | Unknown. | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. | Insufficient information. H ca. 203mm | - | 1 |
31. | Unknown. | Ex Guttmann Collection. | Confronted boars. H ca. 290mm | Estates Unlimited, Cranston, Rhode Island. 12/3/2005. | 1,2,3 4,5,6 |
32. | Unknown. | London market. | Confronted boars. H 252mm | Christie's 7/10/1974, n.200, Plate 4 |
# | Provenience: | Location: | Details: | Publication: | Pics: |
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1. | Montescaglioso - Sterpinia (1953) | Matera Nat'l Mus. (9584) | Left lion; Right boar. H 185mm, W 220mm | Il museo nazionale Ridola di Matera, Matera 1976, p. 130 s. | 1,2,3 4,5 |
2. | Satriano, Tomb 2/87 | Potenza, Soprintendenza (76984) | Left 2 boars; Right horse, boar. | A. Bottini, ed., Armi: gli strumenti della guerra in Lucania, Bari 1993, pp. 118-119 | |
3. | Canosa | Karlsruhe Badisches Landesmuseum (F 430) | Left head of ketos, ketos, boar; Right bull, ketos, head of ketos. | K. Schumacher, Beschreibung der Sammlung Antiker Bronzen, Karlsruhe 1890, p. 130 s., n.694/430, pl. 19; P. Connolly, Greece and Rome at War2, p. 100 n. 6 | 1,2,3 |
4. | Canosa | Karlsruhe Badisches Landesmuseum (F 432) | Left lion; Right bull. | Ibidem n. 694/432, pl. 13.2 | 1 |
5. | Canosa | Bari, Archaeological Museum (2242) | Undecorated. | E.M. De Juliis, ed., Il Museo di Bari, Bari 1983, plate 80, 3-4. | |
6. | Ruvo di Puglia | Unknown. | Undecorated. | M Jatta, in RM 23, 1908, p. 330 ss. | |
7. | Rutigliano, Tomb 11 | Taranto Nat'l Mus. (141420) | Left dolphin, bull; Right bull and dolphin. | 'Atti 16 conv. Magna Grecia (Taranto 1976),' Naples 1977, p. 743. | |
8. | Rutigliano, Tomb 3 | Taranto Nat'l Mus. | Undecorated. | - | |
9. | Rutigliano, Tomb 19 | Taranto Nat'l Mus. (138864) | Undecorated. | - | |
10. | Rutigliano, Tomb 77 | Taranto Nat'l Mus. (165191) | Undecorated. | - | |
11. | Gravina in Puglia, Tomb 4/II | - | Probably undecorated. | Gravina Archeologica, Modugno 1988, p. 56 s. and cover | |
12. | "Taranto" (?) | Germany, private collection | Left dog and horseman; Right lion set upon by dog | Weltkunst aus Privatbesitz, Koeln 1968, n. A61, fig. 31. | |
13. | Capua | Leipzig Museum für Voelkerkunde (Ug 13172) | Confronted boars. | Jahrbuch des Museums für Voelkerkunde zu Leipzig 18, 1961, fig. 3, plate 27.10 | |
14. | Unknown. | Berlin Antikenmuseum (Fr 1011) | Centaur, Iolaos, Herakles. H 178mm, L 270mm, W 191mm, Th. 0.5-0.9mm | Antike Helme, p. 428 ss. | |
15. | Unknown. | Frankfurt Museum für Vor-und Frühgeschichte (1727) | Undecorated. | - | |
16. | Unknown. | Ex- Marx-Siek collection | Confronted boars. | F.X. Weinzinger, Katalog der Sammlungen L. Marx - Mainz und A. Siek - München, München 1918, n. 233, plate 7 | |
17. | Unknown. | Rome, private collection | Perhaps confronted boars. | - | |
18. | Unknown. | New York market | Undecorated. H 302mm (w. crest) | Sotheby's 2/24/1982, n. 4807Y, n. 127 | |
19. | Unknown. | Basel market | Insufficient information. H 29cm | A. Emmerich Gallery - Art of Ancient Italy ecc., April 1970, Basel, p. 39, n. 57. | |
20. | Unknown. | London market | Left boar; Right ? | Antiquus 1986 | |
21. | Unknown. | Freiburg market | Insufficient information. | Galerie G. Phuze, Freiburg, Kunst der Antike, 1981, n. 33 | |
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22. | Ginosa, Property of B. Sangiorgio, Tomb of 1/13/1935 | Taranto Nat'l Mus. (73002) | Confronted boars. | - | 1,2,3 4 |
23. | "Apulia" | Getty Museum (92.AC.71) | Satyr, sphinx; sphinx, satyr. | - | 1,2,3 4,5 |
24. | Unknown. | German Market. | Confronted boars ("Rhinoceros group"?). | Liebert Antiquities, Krefeld, Germany | 1 |
25. | Unknown. | Ex-Guttmann Collection. | Confronted boars. | - | 1 |
26. | Unknown. | Ex-Guttmann Collection. | Confronted boars. H 160mm, Wt 927g | Hermann Historica, Munich, 11/19/2005, Lot 151 | 1,2 |
27. | Unknown. | Ex-Guttmann Collection. | Confronted boars. H 170mm, Wt 670g | Hermann Historica, Munich, 11/19/2005, Lot 153 | 1,2,3 |
28. | Unknown. | New York market. | Confronted boars. H 232mm | Christie's 12/9/2005 (Sale 1584), Lot 180 | 1 |
29. | Unknown. | New York market (formerly in a French private collection). | Confronted boars ("Rhinoceros group"?). H 28cm | Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, Inv. #2443 | 1,2,3 |
# | Provenience: | Location: | Details: | Publication: | Pics: |
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1. | Vaglio-Serra (?) | Potenza, Provincial Museum (V284) | Confronted boars. | M. Sestieri Bertarelli, Il museo archeologico provinciale di Potenza, Rome 1957, p. 65 | |
2. | "Purchased in Naples" | Copenhagen Nat'l Mus. (ABa412) | Confronted boars. | - | 1,2 |
3. | Unknown. | Frankfurt, Museum für Vor-und Frühgeschichte (1726) | Undecorated. | - | |
4. | Unknown. | St. Lucia, Queensland (77.1) | Confronted boars. | M.G. Kanowsky, The Antiquities Collection - Dep. of Classics and Ancient History, University of Queensland, 1978, p. 63 | |
5. | Unknown. | Ex-Guttmann Collection | Confronted boars. | Sotheby's 1/9-10/1984, p. 95, n. 231 | |
6. | Unknown. | London market. | Probably undecorated. | Antiquus 1986 | |
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7. | Unknown. | New York market. | Confronted boars. L 273mm | Sotheby's 12/7/2001 n.70 | |
8. | Unknown. | Ex-Guttmann Collection | Confronted boars. H 212mm | Royal Athena Galleries CLG130 - Ancient Arms, Armor, no. 21 | 1 |
# | Provenience: | Location: | Details: | Publication: | Pics: |
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1. | Ruvo di Puglia | Bari Museo Arch. (7697) | Undecorated. | M Bari pls. XXVII; 81, 1-2. | |
2. | Cairano, Tomb XVI | Pontecagnano Nat'l Mus. (34809) | Confronted boars. | G. Bailo Modesti, Cairano nell'età arcaica, l'abitato e la necropoli, Naples 1980, pp. 27 ss., 171, pl. 92.1 | |
3. | Vulci (?) | British Museum (Walters 2723) | Confronted boars. | Stary, fig. 15 | |
4. | "Magna Graecia" | Paris, Bibl. Nat. (BB2017) | Undecorated. H 177.5mm, W 182mm, L 224mm | A.-M. Adam, Bronzes étrusques et italiques (Paris 1984), n. 150 | |
5. | Unknown. | Bonn Akademisches Museum (C596) | Confronted boars. | - | |
6. | Unknown. | London market | Insufficient information. | Antiquus 1986 | |
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7. | Guglionesi - Santa Margherita (Molise) | (?) (Inv. 23288) | Confronted boars. H 171mm, diam. front-back 240mm, diam. L-R 196mm, alt. asta 68mm | Excavation: A. DiNiro, "Guglionesi (Campobasso). Localita' Santa Margherita. Scavo in area di necropoli," Bollettino di Archeologia 3, 1990 p.121; S. Capini & A. DiNiro, eds., Samnium: Archeologia del Molise, 1991, p.89, n. c127.; Molise 1998, pp. 276-278, p.277 top, lower right | |
8. | Unknown. | Ex-Guttmann Collection. | Confronted boars. | - | 1 |
# | Provenience: | Location: | Details: | Publication: | Pics: |
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1. | Ruvo del Monte, Tomb 43 | Melfi Nat'l Mus. | Undecorated. In fragments. | - | |
2. | Unknown. | Ex-Kroeber Collection, Berlin, 1964-1994 | Undecorated. It appears that the formerly open eyes and front have been covered over with a bronze sheet. | Royal Athena Galleries HAL11 - Art of the Ancient World, 2004, no. 54; Ancient Arms, Armor, no. 8 | 1,2 |
# | Provenience: | Location: | Object Type: | Description: | Chronology: | Pics: |
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1. | Canosa | Naples Nat'l Mus. (H 3254) | vase | Apulian volute krater by the Darius Painter | 340-330 BCE. | 1 |
2. | Ruvo | Naples Nat'l Mus. (81951) | vase | Apulian amphora by the Darius Painter | 330-320 BCE | 1 |
3. | (Matera?) | Matera | vase | Apulian volute crater by the White Sakkos-Painter | 320-310 BCE | 1 |
Footnotes:
9. Emeline Richardson, review of A.-M. Adam, Bronzes étrusques et italiques: Bibliothèque Nationale, Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, in American Journal of Archaeology 90,1 (1986), p. 116.
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