Extremely Fine Rare Ancient Macedonian Greek Hoplite Dory Phalanx Spear Head EF
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DescriptionDate:Circa: 600 BC – 500 BC: Size:length at 33.5 cm: 8-sided Polygon shaft at 8.5 cm: weight at 276 grams:The dory or doru isa spear that was used as the chief spear of the Hoplites [heavy infantry] inAncient Greece: The word ‘dory’ wasfirst attested by Homer with the meaning of ‘wood’and ‘spear’:The rear of the spea...r was capped with a spike called a sauroter, Greek for ‘lizard killer’: It functionally served as a counter-weight togive balance: The spike had several uses, it could be used to stand the spearup or used as a secondary weapon if the spearhead was broken off:The principal advantage of the dory was that it enabled a soldier to keep an enemy at a distanceand in a pitched battle: Like the xiphos, it was a single-handed weapon, held in the right hand leaving the left free to supportthe hoplite’s shield: This example is in extremely fine conserved conditionhaving undergone careful and painstaking oxide removal: The polygon nature [eight-sided] hafting area is unusual, and the lower haft incised line decoration is again a fine remaining detail, not seen prior to conservation: This example is complete with the original ironretention pin seen to the lower shaft area: Condition:Extremely fine [fine micro-wax] and of display quality: Please see my macro-generatedphotography for the item’s full visual specifics: Provenance:Part of theAncienpasts private collection formed in the mid-1990s: The spearhead was originallyacquired from a private Danish collector in the early 2000s:
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DescriptionDate:Circa: 600 BC – 500 BC: Size:length at 33.5 cm: 8-sided Polygon shaft at 8.5 cm: weight at 276 grams:The dory or doru isa spear that was used as the chief spear of the Hoplites [heavy infantry] inAncient Greece: The word ‘dory’ wasfirst attested by Homer with the meaning of ‘wood’and ‘spear’:The rear of the spea...r was capped with a spike called a sauroter, Greek for ‘lizard killer’: It functionally served as a counter-weight togive balance: The spike had several uses, it could be used to stand the spearup or used as a secondary weapon if the spearhead was broken off:The principal advantage of the dory was that it enabled a soldier to keep an enemy at a distanceand in a pitched battle: Like the xiphos, it was a single-handed weapon, held in the right hand leaving the left free to supportthe hoplite’s shield: This example is in extremely fine conserved conditionhaving undergone careful and painstaking oxide removal: The polygon nature [eight-sided] hafting area is unusual, and the lower haft incised line decoration is again a fine remaining detail, not seen prior to conservation: This example is complete with the original ironretention pin seen to the lower shaft area: Condition:Extremely fine [fine micro-wax] and of display quality: Please see my macro-generatedphotography for the item’s full visual specifics: Provenance:Part of theAncienpasts private collection formed in the mid-1990s: The spearhead was originallyacquired from a private Danish collector in the early 2000s:
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