Middle Bronze Age I

Bronze spearhead

Although there are no indications that the Early Bronze Age was a period of conflict on the island, spearheads are often found in tombs. They may have been status symbols or simply standard weapons carried by males who had to be prepared for the dangers of everyday life. The daggers and spearheads were bent intentionally to ensure that they could not be used as weapons after the burial. length 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)

Classification

Object type: Weapon
Material: MetalCopper and bronze
Period: Bronze AgeEarly Cypriot (Early Bronze Age)Early Cypriot III
Date: 2000 - 1900 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession No.

74.51.5283

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4630, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1392, pp. 388-89, New York: Gilliss Press.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 79, pp. 55-56, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.