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Status, symbols, sacrifices, offerings. The diverse meanings of Illyrian helmets

The Illyrian helmet, a particular type of defensive military equipment dating from the late sixth and the fifth century BC, has been found in many places in the wider region of the Balkan Peninsula, the eastern Adriatic coast and its close hinterland. This paper presents and analyses a new find of this kind of armour in the Kvarner (Quarnero) area, a helmet that belongs to the first variant of its last stage of development (III A1). On the basis of data given here, the author proposes that this type should be divided in two variants that were chronologically contemporary and distributed throughout the same region, but had very different status meaning and symbolical characteristics. Based on the find sites, manners and contexts of their depositing she discusses several possible purposes of these helmets, and their meaningful iconographic content and features of style indicate that new aesthetic moments could have reflected the status symbols of chieftains, dignitaries and privileged members of communities in the wider area of south-east Europe.

Cres; ilirski III A1 tip kacige; simboli; žrtvovanja; darivanja; ikonografija; estetika; povijesni kontekst

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Status, symbols, sacrifices, offerings. The diverse meanings of Illyrian helmets

The Illyrian helmet, a particular type of defensive military equipment dating from the late sixth and the fifth century BC, has been found in many places in the wider region of the Balkan Peninsula, the eastern Adriatic coast and its close hinterland. This paper presents and analyses a new find of this kind of armour in the Kvarner (Quarnero) area, a helmet that belongs to the first variant of its last stage of development (III A1). On the basis of data given here, the author proposes that this type should be divided in two variants that were chronologically contemporary and distributed throughout the same region, but had very different status meaning and symbolical characteristics. Based on the find sites, manners and contexts of their depositing she discusses several possible purposes of these helmets, and their meaningful iconographic content and features of style indicate that new aesthetic moments could have reflected the status symbols of chieftains, dignitaries and privileged members of communities in the wider area of south-east Europe.

Cres; Illyrian helmet IIIA1 Typ; status; symbols; sacrifices; offerings; iconography; aesthetics; historical context

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