Bronze Hook-Tanged Spear-head - image 1

Middle Bronze Age I

Bronze Hook-Tanged Spear-head

Bronze spear-head or 'hook-tanged weapon'; cast and hammered; the blade has heart-shaped shoulders (possibly chiseled) and tapers smoothly inwards to the tip; prominent mid-rib; tang with squared section ending in a hook; edge of the blad are borkwn away in places. Dimensions: Length: 26.50 centimetres max Object Type: spear-head; weapon Series: Catling Type A.1.c Techniques: beaten

Date

1950 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1899,1229.59

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Klavdia