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 |