Armor and Weaponry

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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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
10827C	(none)	(none)	B17349	Tomb Group A. Copper helmet. B. Copper spearhead, poker type, tip missing. It is not quite of the normal type in that the section is diamond instead of square the tang, type I. variant. C. Copper spearhead, no ribs or tang, tip missing. Type V. [drawing]
10825C	(none)	(none)	B17348	Tomb Group. A. Copper helmet on [D] head. B. Copper spearhead. Type IV. [drawing] C. Copper spearhead, poker type Type I.
9518	(none)	(none)	B17347	Copper Spear Poker type, square-section with short square-section tang Type VI.
10411D	(none)	(none)	B17344	[A-D] 4 [struck out: "arrows"] Throwing spears Found apparently inside a quiver of which the base was formed by a very large copper nail with silver-plated head; diam 0045. The spears had been broken across the middle, and of 2 of them the butt end was missing, of 2 it was present. The heads are of gold 017 long: the shafts were bound with gold and silver bands 003, wide with 003, of wood showing between: the butts are of gold with copper fork to take the bow-string. See Field Notes.
9913	(none)	(none)	B17343	Copper Object Long slender rod, one end flattened to a chisel shape, probably for hafting, the other end slenderer and curled. All over the curled end there are marks of binding with fine string or sinew. To it is attached part of a second perhaps similar rod. [drawing]
9963C	(none)	(none)	B17335	[A-D] Copper spear butts (?) (4) The lower part is solid and seems to be cast: the upper part was made hollow and open down one side: the wooden shaft was inserted, the open sides brought together over it, so as to overlap and then secured by copper nails driven through the wood. [drawing]
10466A	(none)	(none)	B17334	Copper spear butts (A,B) [drawing] Type__
10466B	(none)	(none)	B17334	Copper spear butts [drawing] Type__
9963B	(none)	(none)	B17333	[A-D] Copper spear butts (?) (4) The lower part is solid and seems to be cast: the upper part was made hollow and open down one side: the wooden shaft was inserted, the open sides brought together over it, so as to overlap and then secured by copper nails driven through the wood. [drawing]
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17320	(none)
10826A	(none)	(none)	B17312	Tomb Group. A) Copper helmet on [D] skull. B) Spearhead, copper, poker type, Type I. C) Copper spearhead, point broken and missing. Type V. (without ribs or tang). [drawing]
10472D	(none)	(none)	B17079	Silver Spears 4 The heads silver: the shafts bound with silver which was too rotten to keep: two of them have notched silver butts for the throwing thong. Two are corroded together. Type 2 (new)
10472B	(none)	(none)	B17078	Silver Spears 4 The heads silver: the shafts bound with silver which was too rotten to keep: two of them have notched silver butts for the throwing thong. Two are corroded together. Type 2 (new)
10475	(none)	(none)	B17066	Copper Object ? armour ? But it was apparently nailed into a wooden background. [drawing] Embossed on it two figures of lions and two of men and below, a disk with 8-petalled rosette.
9301	(none)	(none)	B17016	Copper arrowhead [drawing] 1:1 Type 6 (New)
10531	(none)	(none)	B17004	Copper Spear Long flat blade. Long haft square in section
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16968	(none)
9358	(none)	(none)	B16966	Butt end of arrow (?) Copper.
8234	(none)	(none)	B16962	Copper spearhead or butt? Long rod rectangular in section, the tang slightly smaller in diameter, the shaft tapering to a stout point. [type] VI.
10411A	(none)	(none)	B16690	[A-D] 4 [struck out: "arrows"] Throwing spears Found apparently inside a quiver of which the base was formed by a very large copper nail with silver-plated head; diam 0045. The spears had been broken across the middle, and of 2 of them the butt end was missing, of 2 it was present. The heads are of gold 017 long: the shafts were bound with gold and silver bands 003, wide with 003, of wood showing between: the butts are of gold with copper fork to take the bow-string. See Field Notes.
10472A	(none)	(none)	B16689	Silver Spears 4 The heads silver: the shafts bound with silver which was too rotten to keep: two of them have notched silver butts for the throwing thong. Two are corroded together. Type 2 (new)
6647D	(none)	(none)	B16437D	[A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]
6647C	(none)	(none)	B16437C	[A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]
6647A	(none)	(none)	B16437B	[A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]
6647H	(none)	(none)	B16437A	[A-J] Group of iron arrowheads. E. [drawing on back of card]