Bronze Socketed Spear-head

Bronze Socketed Spear-head

Description:

Bronze socketed spear-head; narrow elliptical blade; flattened diamond profile with low, flat central ridge; tubular socket broadens towards base; two pierced rivet holes near base; cast and hammered; damaged at edges and base.


Dimensions: Length: 15.60 centimetres; Thickness: 0.70 centimetres; Width: 1.90 centimetres


Object Type: spear-head


Techniques: cast; hammered; pierced

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1063