Bronze Hook-Tanged Spear - image 1

Middle Bronze Age I

Bronze Hook-Tanged Spear

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; low mid-rib; round-sectioned tang ending in a hook; metal very corroded. Dimensions: Length: 29.50 centimetres max Object Type: spear-head; weapon Series: Catling Type A.1.c Techniques: cast; hammered

Date

1950 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1899,1229.58

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Klavdia