Early Bronze Age I

Copper alloy spearhead

Leaf-shaped blade with a hooked tang. 20in. (50.8cm)

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References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4626, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1388, pp. 388-89, New York: Gilliss Press.McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th ed. pp. 89, 91, fig. 116, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1941. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 6th ed. pp. 89, 91, fig. 116, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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