Bronze Leaf Spear - image 1

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

Date

1650 - 1200 BC

Accession No.

1897,0401.1493

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi