The Negau helmet usually refers to one of 28 bronze helmets from the 5th century BS, found in a cache in Negau, present Zenjak, in Slovenia on which is inscribed, in the Etruscan alphabetharigastiz fefakit. The inscription can roughly be translated to Harigastiz made (it). Pith helmet of Harry S. Truman A helmet is a form of protective clothing worn on the head and usually made of metal or some other hard substance, typically for protection from falling objects or high-speed collisions. ... Old Italic refers to a number of related historical alphabets used on the Italian peninsula which were used for some non-Indo-European languages (Etruscan and probably North Picene), various Indo-European languages belonging to the Italic branch (Faliscan and members of the Sabellian group, including Oscan, Umbrian, and South...
Older scholars has seen the inscription as an early incarnation of the runic alphabet. The proposed reading was harigastiz teiwa (en. harigastiz (the) god). Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...
It was a round capped bronze helmet with a small neckguard, and appears to have been the forerunner of the early 1st-century legionary helmet.
The helmet continued to be tied on with two straps under the chin and tied to the cheekpieces.
The Intercisa helmets of the 4th century are not related to the early legionary helmets and may have been introduced by mercenaries in the Danube region.
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