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)
10049A	(none)	(none)	B17520.1	Copper spear-heads [struck out: "eleven" and "twelve"] thirteen all of the solid poker type, square in section write chisel-ended clamp No 11 had round it the copper collar from the end of the shaft (broken)
10051A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flint arrowheads Chisel edged Judging from the height at which they were found, in a cluster against the side of the grave shaft, the arrows had been 030 long [drawing] 1:1
10051B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flint arrowheads Chisel edged Judging from the height at which they were found, in a cluster against the side of the grave shaft, the arrows had been 030 long [drawing] 1:1
10051C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flint arrowheads Chisel edged Judging from the height at which they were found, in a cluster against the side of the grave shaft, the arrows had been 030 long [drawing] 1:1
10059	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Object Covered with small hollow studs The metal is very thin and was laid over a wooden base of which plentiful traces remained. The shape was difficult to determine, but the studs, etc., covered nearly the whole of one end of the annex though more plentiful on the side next to the coffin. It might have been a shield?
10181	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Spear Broken in 3 pieces Type 2
10361	(none)	(none)	B17507	Copper Spear Long flat blade Type II
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.
10411B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[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.
10446	(none)	(none)	(none)	Arrow Butt Silver, with copper notch prongs [drawing] 1:1
10466A	(none)	(none)	B17334	Copper spear butts (A,B) [drawing] Type__
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)
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)
10472C	(none)	(none)	(none)	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.
10531	(none)	(none)	B17004	Copper Spear Long flat blade. Long haft square in section
10797	(none)	(none)	B17366	Copper Fish spear. Shaped like a double pronged hoe. For sketch see Field Note.
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.
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]
10827A	(none)	(none)	(none)	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]
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]
10828A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tomb Group. A. [A, C-D]Copper helmets three. In poor condition. [A, C-D] B. Copper spearhead. Type IV. Found from the soldiers in the dromos. [drawing]
10828B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tomb Group. A. [A, C-D]Copper helmets three. In poor condition. [A, C-D] B. Copper spearhead. Type IV. Found from the soldiers in the dromos. [drawing]
10836	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper arrowhead Late triangular flanged type Type XI variant [drawing] 1:1
10841A	(none)	(none)	B17360	[A-J] Copper Spearheads. Ten in all. All alike. (The point of one is missing). Type VIA [Crossed out] 2 (New) [Drawing]