Bronze spear-butt ca. 500 B.C. Greek 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 253560 Greek, Bronze spear-butt, ca. 500 B.C., Bronze, total length 16 5/8 in. (42.3 cm); length without socket 10 13/16 in. (27.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1938 (38.11.7)
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