Bronze Spring Tweezers - image 1

Early Bronze Age III

Bronze Spring Tweezers

Half of a pair of bronze, open-spring tweezers with splaying blades; cast in an open mold, shaped by hammering and bent into a U-shape; Catling type C.2.a. dated mainly ECIII-MCII; unprovenanced. Dimensions: Length: 7.10 centimetres; Width: 2 centimetres max. Object Type: tweezers Series: Catling (C.2.a.) Techniques: cast; hammered

Date

2100 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1969,1231.38

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Found/Acquired: Nicosia (city)