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Bronze Leaf Spear, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot weapons & armour
Bronze Leaf Spear, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 1650–1200 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1493.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age I

Bronze Leaf Spear

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

Classification

Object type
Weapon
Material
MetalCopper and bronze
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1650 - 1200 BC
Findspot
Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1897,0401.1493, British Museum · Museum record

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