Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 30/1. (2010)
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72 S. Berecki Aiud,17 or from Gáva-Katóhalom (Fig. 4) and Szob18 in Hungary. Similar artefacts with a functional as well as decorative role appear on the helmets of the period; the separate buttons from the top of the bowl are a specific element of the Celtic helmets, while for example in the case of the Etruscan type these are organic part of the metal plate.19 On the bowl and cheek-guard of the helmet from Ciume§ti unornamented knobs fixed with rivets can be observed (Fig. 5/1). Their purpose was to enforce the bowl as well as to fix the leather to which the mobile cheek-guards were attached.20 A disc with a similar role can be observed on the helmet from Lagole di Calalzo, Italy, where for fastening, the plate was entirely perforated with the rivet.21 Together with unornamented discs, Fig. 4. The scabbard from Gáva, Hungary (after Szabó-Petres 1992). on the helmet from Apahida (Fig. 5/2) a lateral button with a triskele in relief appears,22 but the attaching method cannot be reproduced.23 Presumably the button had the same functions as the discs on the helmet from Ciume$ti. The helmet from Siliva§ (Fig. 5/6) also has two domed hemispherical buttons: a flatter one on the lower part of the bowl, probably with the functional role of attaching the cheek-guard, too, and another on the top of the helmet. Both are abundantly ornamented with Waldalgesheim style motifs.24 From the widely known helmet from Amfreville, France, the upper ornamental button detached itself (Fig. 5/5), but the binding rivet and the pin were preserved.25 Similarly attached ornaments can be observed on the helmet from Monterenzio-Monte Bibele26 and Castelrotto in Italy (Fig. 5/3),27 or Trbinc, Slovenia28 (Fig. 5/4). The artefacts from Sitzerath were also interpreted as helmet attachments, in a first instance and reconsidered later as harness-mounts.29 17 Ferencz 2007, pl. XI. 18 Szabó-Petres 1992, pl. 13, 72, III/1. 19 Schaaff 1988b, 319, Abb. 1. 20 Rusu 1969, 269, Abb. 2; Rusu-Bandula 1970, 4, pl. IX. 21 Gambacurta 2001, 317, fig. 1/1. 22 Rusu 1969, 291-3, fig. 10/1-3; Rusu-Bandula 1970, pl. XVII. 23 Zirra 1976, 143-4, fig. 11/1, la. 24 Rusu 1969, 287, 299, fig. 9 / a-d; Rusu-Bandula 1970, pl. XIX; Cri$an 1973, 61, fig. 4/a-b. 25 Duval et al. 1986, IV/2. 26 Müller 1989, 50, Abb. 17. 27 Schaaff 1974, 158, Abb. 8-10, T. 48-53. 28 Schaaff 1988a, 296, Abb. 7-8. Megaw 2003, 231.29
