Accession No
1932.223
Description
Small arrowhead made from copper alloy. Triangular form and cross-section. Internal round socket. Circular perforation through to the socket from the top of the arrow head, located approximately one third of the way down the length of the arrowhead. Areas of green patina.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Italy; Poseidonia; Paestum
Period
Iron Age
Source
Gow, Andrew Sydenham Farrar [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.223
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
37mm
Events
Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board with typed label reading: 'Bronze arrow-head. Paestum. dd. A. S. Gow.'
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle
Context (Analysis)
Very similar to ones from Greece and China in the Museum. The type must almost certainly have been introduced by Greeks into Italy.
Event Date 1932
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Triangular arrowhead of bronze.
Event Date 1932
Author: maa
Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2024.5905 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 20/3/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer
Description (Physical description)
Small arrowhead made from copper alloy. Triangular form and cross-section. Internal round socket. Circular perforation through to the socket from the top of the arrow head, located approximately one third of the way down the length of the arrowhead. Areas of green patina.
Event Date 20/3/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle
FM:49354
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