Bronze Tanged Spear-Head

Bronze Tanged Spear-Head

Description:

Bronze tanged spear-head; cast and hammered; prominent mid-rib; long tang twisted back on itself at the top; roubded shoulder with cuts junction of tang with blade making for a 'heart-shaped' appearance.


Dimensions: Length: 26 centimetres; Weight: 170.62 centimetres; Thickness: 0.30 centimetres blade ; Thickness: 1.10 centimetres mid-rib ; Width: 4 centimetres max (shoulder)


Object Type: spear-head


Techniques: cast; hammered

Period:

Early Bronze Age II

Date:

2300 - 1900 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Cyprus

Accession Number:

1903,1215.30