Gjermundbu helmet
The Gjermundbu helmet is a Viking Age helmet.[1][2]
| Gjermundbu helmet | |
|---|---|
 Gjermundbu Helmet | |
| Material | Iron |
| Discovered | 1943 Ringerike, Norway |
| Present location | University of Oslo |
| Registration | C27317 k |
The helmet was discovered during field clearing in 1943 at the Gjermundbu farm near Haugsbygd in the municipality of Ringerike in Buskerud, Norway. Officials at the University of Oslo were later notified. Conservator Sverre Marstrander and museum assistant Charlotte Blindheim led an investigation which confirmed the existence of a burial chamber of historic value dating from the Viking era. The Gjermundbu finds (Gjermundbu-funnet) contained many artifacts including articles of weaponry. The Gjermundbu helmet was found in nine fragments and was subsequently restored. The helmet was made of iron and was in the shape of a peaked cap made from four plates. It is now on display at the Museum of Cultural History of the University of Oslo.[3][4]
Together with the Tjele helmet fragment, two fragments from Gotland, and one fragment from Kyiv, it is the only known Viking helmet capable of reconstruction.[5]
See also
References
- Frans-Arne Stylegar. "Gjermundbu-funnet". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- "Gjermundbu". nvg.org.au. September 22, 2005. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- "Gjermbu. Norderhov herad. Buskerud". Matrikkelutkastet av 1950. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- Frans-Arne Stylegar. "Sverre Marstrander". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- Ian Harvey (December 22, 2016). "The only surviving example of a complete Viking helmet in existence". thevintagenews.com. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
Bibliography
- Addyman, Peter V.; Pearson, Nicholas & Tweddle, Dominic (November 1982). "The Coppergate helmet". Antiquity. LVI (218): 189–194. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00054673.
- Bruce-Mitford, Rupert (1978). The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial, Volume 2: Arms, Armour and Regalia. London: British Museum Publications. ISBN 978-0-7141-1331-9.
- Grieg, Sigurd (1947). Gjermundbufunnet: En høvdingegrav fra 900-årene fra Ringerike. Norske Oldfunn (in Norwegian). Vol. VIII. Oslo: Bergen.
- Munksgaard, Elisabeth (1984). "A Viking Age Smith, his Tools and his Stock-in-trade". Offa. 41: 85–89. ISSN 0078-3714.
- "Museum - et program om norsk historie" [Museum - a program about Norwegian history]. NRK (in Norwegian). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- Steuer, Heiko (1987). "Helm und Ringschwert: Prunkbewaffnung und Rangabzeichen germanischer Krieger". In Häßler, Hans-Jürgen (ed.). Studien zur Sachsenforschung (in German). Vol. 6. Hildesheim: Lax. pp. 189–236. ISBN 3-7848-1617-7.
- Stylegar, Frans-Arne H. (9 December 2021). "Nytt lys på Gjermundbu-funnet: Var vikingen på Ringerike en ledende kriger i Kiev?". forskersonen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- Stylegar, Frans-Arne H. & Børsheim, Ragnar Løken (November 1982). "Gjermundbufunnet – en småkonges grav med østlig tilsnitt på Ringerike" [The Gjermundbu find – a petty king’s grave in Ringerike showing influences from the East]. Viking (in Norwegian). LXXXV (1): 89–122. doi:10.5617/viking.9089. ISSN 0332-608X.
- Tweddle, Dominic (1983). "The Coppergate Helmet" (PDF). Fornvännen. 78: 105–112. ISSN 0015-7813.
- Tweddle, Dominic (1992). The Anglian Helmet from 16–22 Coppergate (PDF). The Archaeology of York. Vol. 17/8. London: Council for British Archaeology. ISBN 1-872414-19-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2017.
- Vike, Vegard [@VegardVike] (15 January 2018). "Today I started #conservation work on the Gjermundbu helmet - sometimes referred to as the only #Viking Helmet. The process will entail disassembly, micro-sandblasting, detailed photos of all parts, X-ray, 3D-scan and a new mounting. Photo: Jessica Leigh McGraw @Kulturhistorisk" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- Vike, Vegard (11 September 2020). "The Viking helmet from Yarm". Museum of Cultural History. University of Oslo. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- Vlasatý, Tomáš (2 October 2016). "The helmet from Gjermundbu". Project Forlǫg. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.