Parthian Phrygian Cap Helmet in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Bronze helmet
Near Eastern, Iranian, Persian, Parthian, 249 B.C.–A.D. 224

Place of Manufacture: Iran or eastern Anatolia

Dimensions: Height: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.)

Medium or Technique: Bronze

Classification: Warfare, hunting, & fishing

Catalogue Raisonné: Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 120.

Accession Number: 1979.41

Bronze helmet in the form of a Kedaris (the headdress popular among the nomadic peoples of Anatolia), with elaborately chased patterning imitating the quilted fabric, and rosettes on the sides and peak.

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/bronze-helmet-155932