Bronze Hook-Tanged Spear, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot weapons & armour — Bronze Hook-Tanged Spear, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1750–1650 BC. British Museum, 1899,1229.57.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age III

Bronze Hook-Tanged Spear

Bronze spear-head or 'hook-tanged weapon'; cast and hammered; the blade has angled shoulders and tapers inwards to the point; elongated square-sectioned tang ending in a hook; the edges of the blade are damaged in places. Dimensions: Length: 32 centimetres max Object Type: spear-head; weapon Series: Catling Type A.1.d Techniques: cast; hammered

Classification

Object type: Weapon
Material: MetalCopper and bronze
Period: probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date: 1750 - 1650 BC
Findspot: Klavdhia-Tremithos

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Accession No.

1899,1229.57

Collection

Provenance

Klavdia

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