{"product_id":"narrow-head-arrow-black-fletching","title":"Narrow-Head Arrow — Black Fletching — Pack of 10","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePack of 10 arrows · €350 per pack · Ready to dispatch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSold exclusively in packs of \u003cstrong\u003e10 arrows of this design\u003c\/strong\u003e. Quantity 1 in your cart means one pack of ten; individual arrows are not sold separately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDispatch:\u003c\/strong\u003e the day after ordering. Complimentary shipping within Greece; €19 internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA contemporary Archaeopolis arrow with a slender, pointed bronze head, visible longitudinal ridges, a wooden shaft and black feather fletching. The photographs show this individual design, including close views of the head, bindings and tail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGreek and eastern Mediterranean context\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall bronze arrowheads with socketed mountings and projecting fins are documented in the Greek and Achaemenid world. The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/252860\"\u003e26.199.297\u003c\/a\u003e as a three-flanged, socketed bronze arrowhead, dated to the 6th–4th century BCE or later. Its ancient head measures 3.3 cm; this is the museum object’s measurement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrow point and ridged appearance provide a useful comparison with the photographed Archaeopolis head. The complete cross-section and concealed mounting of this modern piece have not been established from the photographs, so it is not assigned to a precise three-flanged type or described as a replica of that museum object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe British Museum’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/collection\/object\/X__6766\"\u003eNaukratis research record\u003c\/a\u003e documents the circulation of trilobate types through the Near East and subsequently Greece and Egypt. Such forms belonged to a connected Mediterranean world; their shape alone does not identify the ethnicity of an archer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe photographed object\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach design is presented separately, with its own full-length photograph and close views of its head and fletching. The wooden shaft, feather colours and bindings describe the contemporary workshop object. The archaeological sources cited above concern ancient finds; they do not establish a surviving complete arrow with this exact combination of parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact\"\u003eDiscuss this arrow with Archaeopolis\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all\"\u003eexplore Objects \u0026amp; Editions\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archaeopolis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55307377410377,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/3476\/5129\/files\/narrow-head-black-fletching-full.png?v=1789071961","url":"https:\/\/shop.archaeopolis.gr\/products\/narrow-head-arrow-black-fletching","provider":"Archaeopolis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}