Iron spear-blade excavated from a cemetery at Adichanallur.

Collection type: Object
Description: Iron spear-blade excavated from a cemetery at Adichanallur.
Long description: Spear-blade with socket. Very badly corroded. [SM 18/01/2008]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Tamil Nadu Tirunelveli District Adichanallur
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source The Government Museum Madras
Date
Date collected: By 1916
Acquisition information: Donated: 1916
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Socketed
Dimensions: Length: max 100 mm, Width: max 9 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1916.24.9
Research and responses: The Archaeological Survey of India provide the following details about the archaeological site of Adichanallur (lat 8.629889, long 77.87636) "[it] is located on the right bank of the Tambraparani River, in the Tuticorin District of Tamil Nadu. The extensive urn burial site at Adichchanallur in Tuticorin District (formerly Tirunelveli) was first discovered by Dr. Jagor of Berlin Museum in 1876. A. Rea excavated a good number of urns during 1910s and discovered gold diadems with parallels from Mycenae; bronze objects notably lids with exquisite finials depicting many animal forms, iron objects besides thousands of potsherds. The excavation was resumed during 2003-04 and 2004-05. More than 160 urns within the area of 600 square meters have been exposed." http://asi.nic.in/asi_exec_adichchanallur.asp. [MN 17/06/2010]

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