(01-21-2021, 05:09 PM)Renatus Wrote: Robert,

Did I imagine it or did I see a year or two ago that you had written an article on plumbatae  for some publication?  If you did, I would be most interested to have the reference.

(01-20-2021, 08:22 PM)Robert Vermaat Wrote: Finally, as promised above, a list of all publications of plumbatae tests known to me:

Drake, A. (1994): a preliminary report on the range and accuracy of the dart commonly called the plumbata or martio barbulla, unpublished.
Eagle, J. (1989): Testing plumbatae, in: van Driel-Murray 1989a, Roman Military Equipment: the Sources of Evidence. Proceedings of the Fifth Roman Military Equipment Conference, BAR Int. Ser., vol. 476 (Oxford), pp. 247-253.
Emery, J. (2010): Experimenting with Plumbatae and observations on their Behavior, thesis, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. https://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/64476/Emery_John_Thesis.pdf?sequence=1
Griffiths, W.B. (1995): Experiments with plumbatae, in: Arbeia Journal, vol. 4, pp. 1-11. 
Payne-Gallwey, Ralph (1903): Arrow-Throwing, in: The Book of the Crossbow, (New York), pp. 243-6. https://archive.org/details/TheCrossbowMediaevalAndModern/page/n277
Pruett (2019): Testing Plumbatae.
Pruett (2021): Re-Testing Plumbatae - Setting the Record Straight...
https://www.academia.edu/44834773/_UPDATE_01_04_2021_Re_Testing_Plumbatae_Setting_the_Record_Straight
Sim, David (1995a): Experiments to examine the manufacturing techniques used to make plumbatae, in: Arbeia Journal, vol. 4, pp. 13-19.
http://minervamagazine.co.uk/archive_pdfs/2012_Vol_23_03.pdf
Tod’s workshop (2020a): Plumbata - Roman war darts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfgMfSZiQSU
Tod’s workshop (2020b): Plumbata 2 - Bigger, Better and thrown every way!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNlgb79A4mM
Vermaat, R.M. (2007): testing Late Roman plumbatae 1 – Veerse Dam. https://www.academia.edu/30544051/Vermaat_Robert_M._2007_Testing_Late_Roman_Plumbatae_1_-_Veerse_Dam_2007
Vermaat, R.M. (2011): testing Late Roman plumbatae 2 - Breezand. https://www.academia.edu/30545939/Vermaat_Robert_M._2011_Testing_Late_Roman_Plumbatae_2_-_Breezand_2011

(02-02-2021, 11:20 AM)Renatus Wrote: Here is another for your collection:

J. Musty & P. Barker: Three plumbatae from Wroxeter, Shropshire, in: Antiquaries Journal 54 (1974), pp. 275-277 & pl. LVb.
A type-written draft of this can be found online by putting 'Wroxeter plumbata' into Google.

The Minerva reference that you gave only leads to the Minerva website.  It seems to refer to David Sims' article 'Death on leaden wings' in Minerva , vol. 23, no. 3 (May/June 2012).  Sims expanded his research into an e-book 'Plumbatae' but this is only available as a Kindle edition from Amazon.

I see that A. Drake's 1994 report is unpublished but is it nevertheless available anywhere?

(02-06-2021, 12:46 PM)Robert Vermaat Wrote: Drake's article is not publicly available. But you can ask him for it no doubt.

(02-06-2021, 02:21 PM)Renatus Wrote: Would he be our Brennius?

(02-07-2021, 03:10 PM)Renatus Wrote: This looks very odd:

(02-07-2021, 06:36 PM)Robert Vermaat Wrote: So odd, it leaves no room for a wooden shaft?

(02-07-2021, 09:55 PM)Renatus Wrote: There seems to be some blueish material that extends through the weight.  Could the head have been set into a bronze(?) sleeve that originally extended below the weight to form a socket to attach it to the shaft?  A repair job, perhaps.

(02-08-2021, 09:01 AM)Robert Vermaat Wrote: a weight needs to show holes at the front as well as the back.. Plus it's the most un-aerodynamic weight I have ever seen!

(02-09-2021, 12:32 AM)Robert Vermaat Wrote: I am not sure what to make of it. The partly torqued shaft is also odd. It's unlike anything I have ever seen, which makes me doubt it.