Late Bronze Age III
Oliveshape Sling-shot
Clay sling-shot (?); olive shape; made from unfired or low-fired greenish-grey clay; broken off at one end. Dimensions: Diameter: 2.30 centimetres; Length: 40 millimetres max ; Weight: 16 grammes Object Type: sling-shot Techniques: handmade
Classification
- Object type
- Weapon
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
- Date
- 1340 - 1050 BC
- Findspot
- Enkomi
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