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Offline Harrison R

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Iron Arrowhead I.D. (Not shown in forum guide)
« on: May 08, 2018, 10:57:11 am »
Hello,

Need help on this one. I can't find this one anywhere online.
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Re: Iron Arrowhead I.D. (Not shown in forum guide)
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2018, 08:25:45 pm »
Interesting.  How long is it?  How thick is the tang?

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Re: Iron Arrowhead I.D. (Not shown in forum guide)
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2018, 05:26:11 pm »
Sorry for the late reply. I've been busy with schooling. The arrowhead measures 7.5 cm long. The thickness of the tang is around 1 cm circumference.
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Re: Iron Arrowhead I.D. (Not shown in forum guide)
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2018, 07:55:20 am »
I asked because I wondered if it was indeed an arrowhead.  The length certainly matches though the tang is quite thick.

I have never seen the shape before.

Reminds me a little bit of a fire-bolt for a ballista.  That is if it was broken after it splits into three and the three parts actually once re-united.

Who knows...

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Re: Iron Arrowhead I.D. (Not shown in forum guide)
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2018, 12:27:51 pm »
Ah, I know with almost complete certainty what this is!

I've been collecting examples of the fearsome lead-weighted Roman Plumbata dart/javelin for years, and your item appears to be the point of just such a dart. There were of course variations in style through time and across the empire but the general rule was that the tip had a square/diamond cross-section and 2 barbs. Attached is a pic of some of my examples, plus a similar loose broken plumbata tip.

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Re: Iron Arrowhead I.D. (Not shown in forum guide)
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2018, 06:54:49 pm »
Good call!  Definitely a plumbata head.

I even have one but did not notice the similarity.  Blinded by the lack of lead on it.

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Re: Iron Arrowhead I.D. (Not shown in forum guide)
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2018, 02:39:48 pm »
Mystery solved!  Great!
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