theShardana helmet is the ball on its apex (Fig. 6) ; but no Sardinianstatuette exhibits anything of the kind. A great deal has beenmade of the horns with which both helmets are furnished, butthese, when taken separately, have in common nothing but thename. They are almost horizontal on the… … Fig. 6.—Shardana Warrior. Champollion, Monuments, Plate CCIII. Medinet-Abou. other towards the extremity. There is, it is true, some analogybetween the two sets of helmets ; but that of itself is of smallaccount, and does not compensate for entire difference of form ;whilst the widely diffused…
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