
Early Bronze Age I
Copper alloy spearhead
Leaf-shaped blade with a hooked tang. 9 13/16in. (24.9cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Weapon
- Material
- MetalCopper and bronze
- Date
- 2500 - 2000 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4633, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1395, pp. 389-90, New York: Gilliss Press.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5285, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 4633
- Richter 1915, no. 1395
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