Urartian Helmet in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Helmet
Near Eastern, Anatolian, Urartian, Early Iron Age, 950–900 B.C.

Place of Manufacture: eastern Anatolia

Dimensions: Height x diameter: 29.5 x 19.5 cm (11 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

Medium or Technique: Bronze

Classification: Warfare, hunting, & fishing

Accession Number: 1981.25

Bronze helmet with "lightning flash" insignia and vertical raised band terminating in a dragon's head on front. Three horizontal raised bands at rim.

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/helmet-264044