Template:Did you know nominations/Gevninge helmet fragment

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The result was: promoted by Alex Shih ^Talk 13:22, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Gevninge helmet fragment

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The Gevninge helmet fragment

... that the Gevninge helmet fragment (pictured) once adorned a pre-Viking Age helmet?

Price & Mortimer 2014: "The object is difficult to date within the later Iron Age, but despite its comparatively inferior material quality, its closest parallels are clearly with sixth-and seventh-century helmets of the type discussed above."

ALT1:~~... that the Gevninge helmet fragment once adorned a decorated helmet similar to those from Sutton Hoo, Valsgärde, and Vendel?~~

Christensen 2002: "Hjelmfragmentet er fundet i et bopladsmiljø fra yngre jernalder og vikingetid (500-1000 e.Kr.). Det er også I denne periode – især fra 6. til 8. årh. – at der optræder rigt dekorerede prydhjelme i den nordeuropæiske kulturkreds. I den berømte kongebegravelse ved Sutton Hoo i det sydøstlige England fra omkring 625 indgår en forgyldt pragthjelm. Også på de mellemsvenske gravfelter ved Vendel og Valsgärde var dekorerede bronzehjelme blandt det udstyr, høvdinge og krigere fik med sig I graven."

Translation: The helmet fragment is found in a residential environment from the younger Iron Age and the Viking Age (500-1000 AD). It is also during this period — especially from the 6th to the 8th century — that richly decorated ornamental helmets appear in the Northern European culture. In the famous royal burial at Sutton Hoo in the south-east of England from around 625 a beautiful gilded helmet is included. Also on the middle-German graves at Vendel and Valsgärde, decorated bronze helmets were among the equipment that chiefs and warriors brought to the grave..

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Arabization of the Jordanian Army command

Created by Usernameunique (talk). Self-nominated at 20:38, 15 July 2017 (UTC).

Interesting historic artwork, on excellent sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. - A picture would add interest, no? - I prefer the original hook, because the other only addresses readers who know those names. - How do you feel about an infobox (compare Nijmegen Helmet)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:09, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

ps: Do you intend to use ref Medieval News 2006? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:13, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the review @Gerda Arendt:! I've incorporated all your suggestions by using Medieval News, and adding an infobox and a photo. I'll also ask the museum if they would release a low-res version of the photo on page 524 of this paper, as it is considerably clearer. (They said earlier that they preferred to release the one currently used, but perhaps a low-res version would be okay.) --Usernameunique (talk) 19:11, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, will watch for eventually a different image. This one is licensed and a helpful illustration. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:20, 16 July 2017 (UTC)