Wikipedia

File:Lamellar helmet from Niederstotzingen (reconstruction).jpg

Original file (1,100 × 1,976 pixels, file size: 2.21 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: Lamellar helmet of the type Niederstotzingen, Grave 12
  • Niederstotzingen, District of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The helmet was reconstructed of inexpertly dug fragments. The individual parts were wrought from high-quality iron and held together by leather thongs. On the interior side of the segments were leather remnants that served to cushion the helmet. Cloth remnants (probably silk) were detected on the exterior side of the segments. The topknot was equipped with a decorative sleeve that presumably held horse tail hair, not just as a crowning helmet ornament, but presumably also for recognition and as an insignia of rank. The lamellar helmet of Niederstotzingen is a type that derives from the Asian area, introduced to Europe by the Avars, among others. Comparable helmets have been found in Kerch, Castel Trosino, and Nocera Umbra as well as other sites.

  • Photographed while on display from 22 August 2008 to 11 January 2009 in the exhibition "Die Langobarden. Das Ende der Völkerwanderung" at the Rheinisches LandesMuseum Bonn. The original is held at the Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart.
Deutsch: Lamellenhelm Typ Niederstotzingen, Grab 12
  • Niederstotzingen, Lkr. Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Der Helm wurde aus unsachgemäß geborgenen Fragmenten rekonstruiert. Die Einzelteile waren aus hochwertigem Eisen geschmiedet und wurden durch Lederriemen zusammengehalten. An den Innenseiten der Segmente fanden sich Lederreste, die der Polsterung des Helmes dienten. Auf den Außenflächen ließen sich zudem Stoffreste (wahrscheinlich Seide) nachweisen. Der Scheitelknauf war mit einer Zierhülse versehen, in der vermutlich ein Pferdeschweif steckte, nicht nur die krönende Helmzier, sondern vermutlich auch ein Erkennungs- und Rangzeichen. Bei dem Lamellenhelm Niederstotzingen handelt es sich um einen aus dem asiatischen Raum stammenden Helmtyp, der u.a. durch die Awaren nach Europa vermittelt wurde. Parallelen finden sich u.a. in Kertsch, Castel Trosino und Nocera Umbra.

  • Exponat in der Ausstellung „Die Langobarden. Das Ende der Völkerwanderung“ vom 22.08.2008-11.01.2009 im Rheinischen LandesMuseum Bonn. Original im Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart.
Date Original: last third of the 6th century / letztes Drittel 6. Jahrhundert
Source Own work
Author James Steakley

Licensing

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
GNU head Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.
You may select the license of your choice.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

exposure time

0.0090909090909091 second

focal length

8 millimetre

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current16:07, 6 February 2013Thumbnail for version as of 16:07, 6 February 20131,100 × 1,976 (2.21 MB)Jdsteakley{{Information |Description ={{en|1=Replica of a lamellar helmet of the type Niederstotzingen, Grave 12 *Niederstotzingen, District of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland Der Helm wurde aus unsachgemäß geborgenen Fragmenten rekonstruiert....

Global file usage

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=File:Lamellar_helmet_from_Niederstotzingen_(reconstruction).jpg&oldid=886922156"