Bronze Tanged Spear-Head, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot weapons & armour — Bronze Tanged Spear-Head, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1900–1650 BC. British Museum, 1969,1231.14.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age II

Bronze Tanged Spear-Head

Bronze tanged spear-head; cast and hammered. Square-rectangular profiled shaft with small tang; 'Heart-shaped' shoulders; fairly prominent mid-rib with lozenged profile. Surface and edges corroded in places. Dimensions: Thickness: 1.00 - 1.10 centimetres max (top of mid-rib/base of shaft) ; Length: 29.50 centimetres max ; Weight: 247.87 grammes; Width: 4 centimetres max. (at shoulder) Object Type: spear-head Techniques: cast; hammered

Classification

Object type: Weapon
Material: MetalCopper and bronze
Period: probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date: 1900 - 1650 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession No.

1969,1231.14

Collection

Provenance

Cyprus

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