Some Sarauter revisionism

[Archelaos]

Paullus Scipio wrote:

Here is the commentary on a Macedonian sauroter from the time of Alexander ( incidently more evidence that some Macedonian troops were still Hoplites ....).
It is from 'The Greek Museum' at Newcastle-on-tyne U.K. now called the Shefton museum. I visited it in 1978. They don't have a great deal of arms armour but what they have is good....
Unfortunately, though you used to be able to see the items on-line ( complete with 1978 text! ) access is now restricted . Sekunda had a photo of this sauroter on p.28 of his "Army of Alexander the Great" (Osprey)

Actually there is no way to tell if this sauroter is from hoplite spear or sarisa. It is quite long, and if you check in Angriffswaffen aus Olympia you will find only three similar, all of them much shorter than Newcastle example.
Among sauroters in National Archaeological Museum in Athens you will find one with lead(?) ball on socket. It is standard shape beside this, so it seems they were weighted after all.