Weapons and AmmunitionNear Eastern6th-2nd century BCE

Trilobate Arrowhead

6th-2nd century BCE

Classification

Weapons and Ammunition

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Near Eastern

Period

Archaic period to Hellenistic

Century

6th-2nd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

2.9 x 1 cm (1 1/8 x 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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