Bronze Leaf Spear

Bronze Leaf Spear

Description:

Upper part of bronze socketed spear-head; broken off at top of socket; leaf-shaped spear with two concavo-convex faces; beginning of folding of base edges to form socket preserved; cast and hammered; surface extensively encrusted.


Dimensions: Length: 17 centimetres max ; Thickness: 1.40 centimetres; Width: 3.10 centimetres


Object Type: spear-head


Techniques: cast; hammered

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1200 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1493