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

Summary/Abstract: 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.

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