Ribchester Helmet

Ribchester Helmet
On display in the British Museum
MaterialBronze
SizeHeight: 276 mm
Weight: 1305.6 g
CreatedRoman, late 1st to early 2nd century AD
DiscoveredBy son of Joseph Walton, clogmaker, in 1796
PlaceRibchester, Lancashire
Present locationRoom 49, British Museum, London
Registration1814,0705.1

The Ribchester Helmet is a Roman bronze ceremonial helmet dating to between the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD, which is now on display at the British Museum.[1] It was found in Ribchester, Lancashire, England in 1796, as part of the Ribchester Hoard. The model of a sphinx that was believed to attach to the helmet was lost.[2]

  1. ^ "Cavalry sports helmet". British Museum. Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  2. ^ Clarke, Stephen Reynolds (1830). The new Lancashire gazetteer: or, Topographical dictionary. H. Tessdale and Co. p. 146.