Bronze arrowhead

Bronze arrowhead

Description:

Two-edged triangular blade with straight, flaring sides, rounded below. With midrib and a four-edged tang.


length 2 1/4in. (5.7cm)

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1600 - 1050 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4787, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1511, pp. 405, 407, 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. 88, 92, fig. 112, 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. 88, 92, fig. 112, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5332