Copper alloy spearhead - image 1

Early Bronze Age I

Copper alloy spearhead

Tin, which had to be imported to Cyprus, was not commonly alloyed with copper to form bronze in Cyprus until the Middle Bronze Age. 12 9/16in. (31.9cm)

Date

2500 - 2000 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5270

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4617, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1379, p. 387, New York: Gilliss Press.