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Object Type
Museum number: 1982,0617.32
Description: Copper alloy arrow-head, square section with tang.
Cultures/periods: Classical Greek; Archaic Greek
Production date: 575BC- 330BC
Materials
Type series
Dimensions: Length: 3.70 centimetres
Curator's comments: Baitinger suggests this arrow-head type was used fromthe mid-6th to the 4th centuries BC (Baitinger 2001, Vierkantige Dornpfeilspitzen types 1B). Baitinger, H. 2001, Die Angriffswaffen aus Olympia, Berlin & New York.
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (trustees); Donated through: Sotheby's
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1982
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1982,0617.32

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