1901.49.3

Collection type

Object

Description

Silver-mounted, tanged flint arrow-head. The mounting has a zigzag edge and is stamped or impressed with a linked design.

Geographical reference

Italy

Europe > Southern Europe > Italy

Person

Field collector Giuseppe Bellucci

PRM source Janet Catherine Symonds

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1901 Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Bronze Age, uncertain

Date collected

By 1901

Acquisition information

Donated: 1901

Materials and processes

Material Flint Stone, Material Silver Metal, Process Flaked, Process Recycled, Process Impressed, Process Stamped

Dimensions

Width: max 27 mm, Length: max 80 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1901.49.3 Other numbers: 36

Associated publications

Illustrated by a line-drawing (by Henry Balfour) as Figure 19 in Plate II (facing page 150) in ‘Concerning Thunderbolts (Continued)’, by H[enry]. Balfour, in Folk-Lore, Vol. 40, no. 2 (30 June 1929), pp. 168–72. Caption (page 172): ‘Fig. 19—Large flint arrowhead, mounted in silver, with suspension-ring. Aquila, Abruzzi, Italy. From the collection of Dr. G. Bellucci. Same data as the last [see Bellucci, Amuleti Italiani (1898), Gli amuleti (1908), and La grandine nell’ Umbria; also J. Evans, Ancient Stone Implements (1897), chap. 16].’ [JC 4 12 2014] Illustrated (with 1901.49.1, 1901.49.2, 1901.49.4) in colour on page 49 of Lightning, by Derek M. Elsom (London: Reaktion Books, 2015). Caption (same page): 'Silver mounted flint arrowheads, amulets to protect against lightning.' [JC 5 5 2017]

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