Bronze Urartian helmet, 8th century B.C.E.
"Helmets of this type were worn by the Assyrians and some of their neighbors from the tenth to the late seventh centuries B.C.E.[...] This helmet bears an insignia peculiar to those excavated at the Urartian citadel at Karmir-Blur, near Yerevan, capital of Armenia.
Egyptian Curator's Fund with gift of Mrs. Horace L. Mayer, 1981, MFA #1981.25
