銅どう矛ほこ

noun

bronze hoko; bronze halberd; bronze spearhead

Archaeological term for a bronze weapon from the Yayoi period, similar to a halberd or spearhead. Often discussed in the context of ritual objects.

See also: 矛

• この銅どう矛ほこは弥生やよい時じ代だいの遺い跡せきから出しゅつ土どした。

  This bronze hoko was excavated from a Yayoi-period site.

• 銅どう矛ほこは祭さい器きとして使つかわれたと考かんがえられている。

  Bronze hoko are thought to have been used as ritual implements.