Spearhead



Spearhead

ΣΓ319
Metal (Bronze)
End of socket broken
Length: 48.8 cm. Diameter of socket: 2.8 cm.
Axos
Archaic period:
700-650 BC:
Gallery:
XXIII
Case:
231
Exhibition thematic unit:
Private Collections
Ch. Giamalakis Collection
Description
A particularly long lanceolate spearhead with a pointed triangular tip. It has a solid central ridge with parallel ribs running from the socket, in which the wooden shaft was fixed, to the tip, giving it a conical shape. The spearhead was made by a workshop of Axos which produced distinctive fine metalwork during that period.
Bibliography:
Α. Xenaki, Όπλα και εργαλεία της συλλογής Γιαμαλάκη, Κρητικά Χρονικά 4 (1950), p. 107-128, esp p. 5 and 124-5, pl. Δ΄.
Author:
K. S.


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