Sasanian Helmet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008

Helmet
Bronze, silver, and iron
Mesopotamia or Iran
Sasanian period, 5th century AD

Accession # 62.82

The helmet, originally lined with leather, consists of broad bands of bronze and iron plates covered with a thin layer of silver, stamped with a feather pattern. The warrior's head would originally have been obscured and protected by a web of metal links of mail that hung from the holes in the lower rim.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.