Copper alloy spearhead - image 1

Early Bronze Age I

Copper alloy spearhead

Leaf-shaped blade with a hooked tang. 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)

Date

2500 - 2000 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5284

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4631, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1393, pp. 388, 390, New York: Gilliss Press.