arrow-head
- Museum number
- 1959,0721.4
- Description
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Copper alloy barbed arrow-head with a mid-rib ending with socket.
- Production date
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675BC - 475BC
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490BC (fired)
- Dimensions
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Length: 4.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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See:
Galanakis, Y. 2011. Re-thinking Marathon: two memorabilia from the battle of Marathon at the Pitt-Rivers. www.prm.ox.ac.uk
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Baitinger suggests this arrow-head type was used from the Archaeic period until the battle of Marathon (Baitinger 2001, figs 62-68, Zweiflügelige Tüllenpfeilspitzen type IIA1). Baitinger, H. 2001, Die Angriffswaffen aus Olympia, Berlin & New York.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1959,0721.4
