Bronze Socketed Spear-head

Bronze Socketed Spear-head

Description:

Bronze socketed spear-head; low, broad rounded centre ridge with thin edges; socket broadens towards base; one pierced rivet hole preserved; cast and hammered; tip and half of tubular socket broken off; corroded.


Dimensions: Length: 24.80 millimetres max ; Thickness: 2.10 centimetres max ; Width: 2.90 centimetres max


Object Type: spear-head


Techniques: cast; hammered; pierced

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1486