Weapons and AmmunitionGreek5th-4th century BCE

Sauroter (Spear-Foot)

late 5th-first half 4th century BCE

Classification

Weapons and Ammunition

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period

Century

5th-4th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

28.4 x 2.3 cm (11 3/16 x 7/8 in.)

Provenance

David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

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