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Bronze spear-butt

ca. 500 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155
A spear-butt covers the end of a spear that touches the ground. This particularly fine example bears the inscription sacred to the Tyndaridai from the Heraeans. The Tyndaridae are Kastor and Polydeukes. The Heraeans are the inhabitants of a city in Arkadia from whom the spear-butt was taken as part of the victors' booty.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bronze spear-butt
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 500 BCE
  • Culture: Greek
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: total length 16 5/8 in. (42.3 cm); length without socket 10 13/16 in. (27.5 cm)
  • Classification: Bronzes
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1938
  • Object Number: 38.11.7
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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