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Offline Vladimir B2

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some of finds
« on: June 14, 2021, 05:46:37 pm »
rome or medieval thanks

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Re: some of finds
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2021, 09:18:48 am »
These appear to be Roman socketed arrowheads, though it is hard to be 100% certain as similar types were used later.  But they are consistent with Roman types.

However, the one on the left is a pastiche - a fantasy mash-up of two genuine items.

The lead bit is part of a plumbata or martiobarbuli, a kind of weighted dart or light javelin used by the Romans from the mid-third to fifth centuries.  However, the iron head part of a Plumbatae is a) always one piece and b) always barbed.

You can see some here though there are many other pictures online:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbata

Yours appears to be a standard socketed arrowhead, with leaf-form point, jammed onto the end of a broken neck of a plumbata.

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Re: some of finds
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2021, 10:07:28 am »
 +++ :) thanks they have been so close so i put it on top of the plumbata lol again  thanks

 

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