
Late Bronze Age II
Bronze arrowhead
Two-edged triangular blade with straight, flaring sides, rounded below. With midrib and a four-edged tang. length 2 1/4in. (5.7cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Weapon
- Material
- MetalCopper and bronze
- Date
- 1600 - 1050 BC
Collection
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.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5332, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 4787
- Richter 1915, no. 1511
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