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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.284
Title
Barbed Bronze Arrowhead
Classification
Weapons and Ammunition
Work Type
weapon
Date
6th-5th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia
Period
Iron Age
Culture
Iranian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182192

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
4.08 g
0.75 x 3.9 cm (5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Dr. Jerome Eisenberg, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Jerome M. Eisenberg
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.284
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bronze trilobate arrowhead with socket. Thin barb projects downward from junction between arrowhead and socket. Although intact, this piece exhibits significant corrosion product on its surface.

Verification Level

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