Bronze Tanged Spear-Head - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

Bronze Tanged Spear-Head

Bronze tanged spear-head; cast and hammered. Square-rectangular profiled shaft with small tang; 'Heart-shaped' shoulders; fairly prominent mid-rib with lozenged profile. Surface and edges corroded in places. Dimensions: Thickness: 1.00 - 1.10 centimetres max (top of mid-rib/base of shaft) ; Length: 29.50 centimetres max ; Weight: 247.87 grammes; Width: 4 centimetres max. (at shoulder) Object Type: spear-head Techniques: cast; hammered

Date

1900 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1969,1231.14

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus