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844 LATE PALATIAL SPEAR-HEADS OF KNOSSOS
sTprar'-11 ^'le *°rm °^ sPear" or lance-head most typical of the closing Pa]ati l
heads at Age at Knossos is that of which two good specimens, one larger than tl
other, were found in the Chieftain's Grave described below. The lono-er of
Knossos.
Fig. 825.
Bronze Spear-head with Ringed Socket : Chieftain's Grave, Zafer
Papoura. (Typical Late Palatial Form.)
the two is 34-4 centimetres in length (13-3 inches) and its socket is surrounded
by a bronze ring in bossed relief. This is here illustrated in Fig. 825. The
butt end of the socket of a spear-head of similar type from a more or less
contemporary grave was surrounded with a flatter circlet, and in that case,
some kind of metal plate, of which the traces are evident, also surrounded the
lower end of the socket to a width of 3'5 centimetres (if inch). Another
lance-head from this intermentl gives a good example of the more imperfect
form of fabric. It is not surrounded by any kind of containing ring and
shows a yawninggap along its side like Fig. 821, a. The outer contour of
the section of lance-heads of this class is of an octagonal form, showing
slight facets (see Fig. 825). On the whole this must be regarded as a very
practical type for its purpose, both compact and penetrating.
spears, both of the Cycladic and Troadic areas,
were of this stemmed type (which recurs in
Cyprus), but these seem to disappear from
the Aegean region at a date round about
2,000 is.a, and roughly equivalent to the
close of the Early Minoan Age in Crete. But
in Crete (where the bronze weapon types of
Mycenae originated) this stemmed form is, so
far as the evidence goes, entirely absent, while
on the other hand, the incipient socket also
requires some kind of ferrule or ring, i "eie
is evidence that the socket was early known
in Egypt (see A. E., Shaft Graves, &~r., p- 4°.
n. 2). The Mainland class of early bronze
spear-heads was of peculiar form with a sioe
like socket (//'., Fig. 31).
1 Of the type presenting a sharp media
ridge.
sTprar'-11 ^'le *°rm °^ sPear" or lance-head most typical of the closing Pa]ati l
heads at Age at Knossos is that of which two good specimens, one larger than tl
other, were found in the Chieftain's Grave described below. The lono-er of
Knossos.
Fig. 825.
Bronze Spear-head with Ringed Socket : Chieftain's Grave, Zafer
Papoura. (Typical Late Palatial Form.)
the two is 34-4 centimetres in length (13-3 inches) and its socket is surrounded
by a bronze ring in bossed relief. This is here illustrated in Fig. 825. The
butt end of the socket of a spear-head of similar type from a more or less
contemporary grave was surrounded with a flatter circlet, and in that case,
some kind of metal plate, of which the traces are evident, also surrounded the
lower end of the socket to a width of 3'5 centimetres (if inch). Another
lance-head from this intermentl gives a good example of the more imperfect
form of fabric. It is not surrounded by any kind of containing ring and
shows a yawninggap along its side like Fig. 821, a. The outer contour of
the section of lance-heads of this class is of an octagonal form, showing
slight facets (see Fig. 825). On the whole this must be regarded as a very
practical type for its purpose, both compact and penetrating.
spears, both of the Cycladic and Troadic areas,
were of this stemmed type (which recurs in
Cyprus), but these seem to disappear from
the Aegean region at a date round about
2,000 is.a, and roughly equivalent to the
close of the Early Minoan Age in Crete. But
in Crete (where the bronze weapon types of
Mycenae originated) this stemmed form is, so
far as the evidence goes, entirely absent, while
on the other hand, the incipient socket also
requires some kind of ferrule or ring, i "eie
is evidence that the socket was early known
in Egypt (see A. E., Shaft Graves, &~r., p- 4°.
n. 2). The Mainland class of early bronze
spear-heads was of peculiar form with a sioe
like socket (//'., Fig. 31).
1 Of the type presenting a sharp media
ridge.