
Late Bronze Age II
Bronze arrowhead
The type is rare in the Aegean but common in the Near East, from whence they reached Cyprus. length 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Weapon
- Material
- MetalCopper and bronze
- Date
- 1450 - 1050 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4776, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1480, pp. 404-5, New York: Gilliss Press.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5300, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 4776
- Richter 1915, no. 1480
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