Bronze Hook-Tanged Spear-head

Bronze Hook-Tanged Spear-head

Description:

Bronze spear-head or 'hook-tanged weapon'; cast and hammered; the blade has angled shoulders and tapers inwards to the point; prominent mid-rib; elongated square-sectioned tang ending in a hook; rather high mid-rib; the edges of the blade are damaged in places.


Dimensions: Length: 39.70 centimetres max


Object Type: spear-head; weapon


Series: Catling Type A.1.d


Techniques: cast; hammered

Period:

Middle Bronze Age III

Date:

1750 - 1650 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Klavdia

Accession Number:

1899,1229.55