Weapons and AmmunitionGreek4th century BCE

Inscribed Arrowhead

first half 4th century BCE

Classification

Weapons and Ammunition

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Late

Century

4th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

6.8 x 2.1 cm (2 11/16 x 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Ritsos Collection. David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

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