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Object Type
Museum number: 108774
Description: Copper alloy arrow-head; trilobate, hollow socketed.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 6thC BC-4thC BC
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Deve Huyuk, Achaemenid Cemetery
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 0.50 centimetres (socket); Length: 3.20 centimetres; Length: 1.25 inches; Weight: 3.50 grammes; Width: 1.20 centimetres
Curator's comments: In the Achaemenid army, copper alloy was preferred to iron as a material for making arrowheads as it was quicker to cast; this light arrowhead may have been used by a mounted archer.
Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G52/dc3)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1995-2005 17 Nov-8 Dec, BM, G52/IRAN/9, from official opening 1994 BM, G49/IRAN
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1913
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 108774
Registration number: 1913,1108.121
Conservation

Free entry