Armor and Weaponry
This category includes protective objects worn on the body, or objects used to hold weapons.
Armor includes helmets, possible shields, possible greaves, and sheaths for blades. Not much remains in this category, most armor was probably constructed of boiled leather, or textiles with metal disks attached. Since leather and textiles are perishable, these do not remain in the archaeological record. Later examples of armor include scale armor made by sewing overlapping metal oblongs onto a linnen background.
Sheilds were made with wickerwork, boiled leather in a frame, or metal disks. They range in size from arm length and circular to body length and rectangular. Metal sheilds were usually small and circular because of the weight.
Helmets started out as cloth or boiled leather caps and transitioned into metal helmets. See helmets as a subcategory for more information.
Sheaths were also probably constructed of reeds/leather as evidenced by psudomorphs on the blades. A few metal sheaths do remain.
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Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
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12106 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spearhead. Copper. Type VI, A. | |
12117A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Copper arrowheads. Harpoon type. 1 broken. | |
12117B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Copper arrowheads. Harpoon type. 1 broken. | |
12138 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper spearhead. Poker type. Tip broken. Type [illegible, possibly S1, 511, XI, XII] | |
12147A | (none) | 1929,1017.617 | (none) | [A-C] Copper arrow butts. Forked ends. Type III. | |
12147B | 30-12-302 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Copper arrow butts. Forked ends. Type III. | |
12147C | 30-12-332 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Copper arrow butts. Forked ends. Type III. | |
12194 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper spear. Type VI. B. | |
12204 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Spear. Poken type. Traces of bitumen round haft. Type I. B. | |
12205 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Spear. Type VI. A. | |
12208 | 30-12-343 | (none) | (none) | Copper spear. Type II. B. [additional apparently unrelated notes and drawings on back of card] | |
1222 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small 3-barbed bronze arrowhead with socket for shaft. | |
12239 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper spear. Poken type. Broken. Type I, B. | |
12252 | 30-12-342 | (none) | (none) | Copper Spear. Poker type. Type I A. | |
12268 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper spearhead. Type VI. A. | |
12274 | (none) | 1929,1017.504 | (none) | Copper Spear. Poker type. Type IB. | |
12323 | 30-12-263 | (none) | (none) | Copper spear. Broken in 3 places. Type VI. A. | |
12349 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Arrowhead. Flint. [drawing] | |
12358A | (none) | 1929,1017.100 | (none) | Canopy (?) Fragments. (A) The mosaic border of the curved bar. (B) The top bar (?) with gold bands, silver plating, mosaic band and shell rings and studs and (C) Staves with copper spearheads mounted with gold foil. | |
12440 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper spearhead. | |
12488A | 30-12-345.1 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Copper spearheads. Poker type. To each is attached a blade of thin metal which went round the wood of the shaft and with each goes a disk of copper, concave from the butt end of the shaft. Type VI. | |
12488B | 30-12-345.2 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Copper spearheads. Poker type. To each is attached a blade of thin metal which went round the wood of the shaft and with each goes a disk of copper, concave from the butt end of the shaft. Type VI. | |
12488C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Copper spearheads. Poker type. To each is attached a blade of thin metal which went round the wood of the shaft and with each goes a disk of copper, concave from the butt end of the shaft. Type I B. | |
12493 | (none) | 1929,1017.502 | (none) | Copper spearhead. (broken into 3 pieces). Type VI A. | |
12542K | (none) | 1935,0113.769 | (none) | [A-T] Box of miscellaneous clay objects from the stratum (cf as U.12505) and some lumps of tablet clay with traces of archaic signs destroyed. |
Related Terms
Modern Reproductions - Animal Equipment - Architectural Elements - Dress and Personal Ornaments - Figural Objects - Furniture - Games and Music - Not Assigned - Personal Grooming - Samples - Seals, Stamps, and Sealings - Tools and Equipment - Vessels/Containers - Weights and Measures - Miniatures/Models - Unknown - Writing and Record Keeping
Child Terms
Arrows and Bows - Helmets - Sling Bullets - Spears and Lances - Greaves - Sheaths - Shields