Copper alloy spearhead

Copper alloy spearhead

Description:

Leaf-shaped blade with a hooked tang.


15 13/16in. (40.2cm)

Period:

Early Bronze Age I

Date:

2500 - 2000 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4621, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1383, p. 387, New York: Gilliss Press.

Accession Number:

74.51.5274