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Previous Helmet The Helmet Database Next Helmet Helmet from Olen-Kolodez By Dmitriy V. Ryaboy Photo courtesy of Donskaya Arkheologia used by exclusive permission. Location Olen-Kolodez, Don river, Voronezh region Culture Golden Horde noble Dating Late 13th-early 14th centuries Construction notes An iron conical helm (see illustration). The conical top and bottom cylinder are welded together; there is a small brim in the front. The top has a hole 4 mm in diameter for attaching a feather plume (feather imprints were found on the back of the helmet). An aventail no more then 20 cm long was attached to the sides and back of the helmet by hanging it on an iron rod 2 mm in diameter, which was attached to the base of the helmet by 8 rivets with round heads. Efimov posits that the aventail was buckled in front with an iron buckle that did not survive. Height: 25.5 cm Diameter: 20.8 cm Archaeological details Dig conducted in 1996 (by Efimov??). Mound # 7. Coffin present. Orientation: North (North-North-West). Stored   Notes   Source Efimov 1999 Also Found Lamb bones, arrowhead, maille, earring, amulet, elt with plaques, buckle, and belt tip, silver bowl, spearhead, bead, small bell, knife, birch-bark quiver, axe, kinjal, whip, horse bit, saddle, file, assorted pieces of leather, etc. Bibliography. Efimov K. Yu. �Zolotoordynskie pogrebeniya iz mogil�nika �Olen�-Kolodez��, Donskaya Arkheologiya v.3-4. Rostov State University, Rostov-on-Don 1999. Magazine Contents and selected photographs on the Web at http://www.da.aaanet.ru/Archiv/archiv_en_fr.htm. English summary of male burial finds by Dmitriy V. Ryaboy at http://www.geocities.com/kaganate/olenkldz.html. Previous Helmet The Helmet Database Next Helmet Copyright Permission Notice: Dmitriy V. Ryaboy hereby gives express permission for reproduction of this article for non-commercial purposes provided that the article is unaltered and includes the author attribution. The Red Kaganate requests that a hyperlink be provided to this web site - http://www.geocities.com/kaganate.