Some Sarauter revisionism

[Archelaos]

Archelaos, I disagree. The sauroter from tomb 3 was not of the winged type. It was squared like conventional sauroters. I have seen much smaller smaller sauroters,both bronze and iron, from all eras! The tiniest i have ever seen come from Amphipolis,they were hellenistic,however they were identical in size and shape with hellenistic sculptures,like those from Pergamos.
In addition,the greaves that were found in the same tomb were no smaller than normal. No smaller than other greaves. The youth that was burried was supposedly about 13-14 years old,some children that age are not much shorter than other adults. So I don't see the use of any shorter model of a spear for parade!

It is winged butt. I spent over an hour in front of this case on two different occasions, including one time when I spent few hours sketching all spearheads and butts on display so I can say I examined it as closely as possible without taking it out of case. The wings had rusted away, just like on the butt from Derveni, but traces of them on the edges and depressions on the sides of the "square" part prove they existed.
I do not say it is super small butt, but rather smallest of "winged" type, and while spear do not have to be much shorter, it should, I think, be lighter.