Bronze spearhead, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot weapons & armour — Bronze spearhead, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1200–1100 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5309.Open Access by the MET

Late Bronze Age III

Bronze spearhead

Leaf-shaped blade with a strongly marked midrib; two rivet-holes in socket. A wooden shaft would have been attached to this spearhead. There is an impression of woven fabric near the end of the tubular socket, and of binding near the shoulder. length 13 15/16 in. (35.4 cm)

Classification

Object type: Weapon
Material: MetalCopper and bronze
Period: Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot III
Date: 1200 - 1100 BC
Place of production: Cyprus
Findspot: Alambra

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to have been found at Alambra

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4695, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1416, pp. 393, 395, New York: Gilliss Press.McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th ed. pp. 89, 91, fig. 115, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1941. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 6th ed. pp. 89, 91, fig. 115, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 83, pp. 55-56, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.5309, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 4695
Richter 1915, no. 1416
Karageorghis 2000, no. 83

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