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Bronze Hook-Tanged Spear-head, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot weapons & armour

Middle Bronze Age I

Bronze Hook-Tanged Spear-head

Bronze spear-head or 'hook-tanged weapon'; cast and hammered; the blade has heart-shaped shoulders (possibly chiseled) and tapers smoothly inwards to the tip; prominent mid-rib; tang with squared section ending in a hook; edge of the blad are borkwn away in places. Dimensions: Length: 26.50 centimetres max Object Type: spear-head; weapon Series: Catling Type A.1.c Techniques: beaten

Classification

Object type
Weapon
Material
MetalCopper and bronze
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Klavdhia-Tremithos
Date
1950 - 1650 BC

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Accession No.

1899,1229.59

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Klavdia

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