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)

Classification

Object type: Weapon
Material: MetalCopper and bronze
Period: Bronze AgeEarly Cypriot (Early Bronze Age)
Date: 2500 - 2000 BC

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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.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.5270, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 4617
Richter 1915, no. 1379

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