Medallions of Huviška as pictorial evidence of pre-Islamic lamellar helmets

• Authors: KUBIK Adam Lech
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the current paper the author discusses headgear represented on Kušān medallions showing the bust of King Huviška. Most likely those medallions are depicting pre-Islamic lamellar helmets, well known from for example on the Sasanian, Bīsetūn capital currently held in Ṭāq-e Bostān Museum, Iran. The author will try to compare the presented lamellar constructions with known finds of such helmets of the pre-Islamic era.

Keywords

EN

Lamellar helmets; Armour; Kushan; Sasanian; pre-Islamic

• Publisher: Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 11-20

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

KUBIK Adam Lech

• Siedlce University, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34739/his.2019.08.01