Sarissa \'Coupling Sleeve\'

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

In fact it could have had any given function that we can't know. For instance,how can we know that next to the spear there wasn't a standard or any other pole part of which this "sleeve" was,and no traces have been left. One could assume that the spear placed there didn't need to be functional anymore and for some reason the cut it in two during the funeral process and they only joined them inside the tomb. Crazy speculation that now might not have any sence,but there is no way this sleeve was meant to hold two parts of a spear together during battle. It isn't joined and it doesn't even have a hole for a nail or anything. Not to mention that a sarissa would probably be much wider than this sleeve. Remains of a guilded sarissa from the "prince" tomb are much wider,even though greatly tappered.
And of course your interpretation cannot be rulled out,even though the weight that it would add would be minimal. Most of the weight was transferred by the tapper,visible even in the "cavalry sarissa" on the Alexander mosaic.
Khaire
Giannis