{"product_id":"narrow-leaf-shaped-arrow-red-fletching","title":"Narrow Leaf-Shaped Arrow — Red 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 an elongated, leaf-shaped bronze head and a pronounced central ridge, mounted on a wooden shaft with red feather fletching. This listing concerns the narrow-headed, red-fletched design shown individually in the photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAegean and eastern Mediterranean parallels\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/collection\/object\/G_1856-0826-446\"\u003eBritish Museum arrowhead 1856,0826.446\u003c\/a\u003e, excavated on Kalymnos, has a leaf-shaped bronze blade, midrib, socket and a single side barb. The museum dates it to 675–400 BCE and associates it with Archaic Greek, Classical Greek and Achaemenid contexts. The curatorial discussion relates this family to Anatolia and the Ionian cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe comparison here concerns the elongated leaf-shaped outline and central ridge. The Kalymnos example’s barb and socket should not be assumed for the modern arrow, whose mounting is covered by its binding. It is a related archaeological form, not an identification of this design as an exact Kalymnian replica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA second relevant record is the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/252854\"\u003eMet’s bronze arrowhead 26.199.291\u003c\/a\u003e, described as leaf-shaped with a midrib and tang, Greek or Achaemenid, 6th–4th century BCE or later. Together, these records show that similar outlines could be combined with different methods of mounting.\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":55307380293961,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/3476\/5129\/files\/narrow-leaf-red-fletching-full.png?v=1789072092","url":"https:\/\/shop.archaeopolis.gr\/products\/narrow-leaf-shaped-arrow-red-fletching","provider":"Archaeopolis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}