Bronze spear-butt

Greek

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.

Bronze spear-butt, Bronze, Greek

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Bronze spear-butt, Bronze, Greek
Bronze spear-butt, Bronze, Greek

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