Lance head

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

CC-BY 4.0

CC-BY 4.0

Name/Title

Lance head

Entry/Object ID

L.2023.8

Description

Lance head with cursive inscription

Use

A lance was a long spear, and would be used by thrusting the spear at the target. It was most commonly used by the cavalry.

Context

Found in Germany

Collection

HvG

Category

Spear
Military Equipment & Weaponry

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Holger von Grawert

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st century AD

Place

Continent

Europe

Notes

Unidentifiable Roman workshop in Europe

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano Germanic

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Lance

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Spear

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Edged Weapons

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Getty AAT

Concept

spearheads, lances (cavalry weapons)

Dimensions

Length

149 mm

Material

Iron

Color

Brown

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

"Arles Musee Romaine: Exhibition “L”Armee de Rome – La gloire at la puissance” 2018/19 Exhibition catalogue"

Provenance

Notes

Found at a site in Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (Germany) in 1970/71 which served as a rubbish dump for landfill/building material from a deep infrastructure excavation at Mainz at the riverbank.

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition