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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