
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.