Identification Number: 11TR30U10met02

Kerkenes Inventory ID: K11.256 and Yozgat Museum 1692

Classification: Metal / Copper Alloy

Finding Type: Trilobate Arrowhead

Item: Trilobate arrowhead, socketed,

Material: Copper Alloy

Images

Photograph 11dpkc2723 by Ben Claasz Coockson.Drawing 11objid10 by Ben Claasz Coockson.

Description

Trilobate arrowhead, no barb. Small bit of the tip and of the edge of the socket missing. All three wings abraded, one almost completely gone. Both edges of the wings sharpened using a fine file. Three raised lines descending from the wings along the socket may indicate where the pieces of the mould joined. Possible presence of wood in the socket

Dimensions

Length: 43.5 mm; Width: 6mm (one wing), 6 mm (socket), 7 mm (all); Thickness: 1mm (socket)

Context

Cappadocia Gate, found while wet sieving the collected burnt layer (may explain some of the abrasion…)

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