Bronze Leaf Spear Head - image 1

Late Bronze Age I

Bronze Leaf Spear Head

Bronze socketed spear-head; elongated leaf-shaped spear with pointed tip; broad rounded central ridges with thin extruding blades at sides; tubular socket is an extension of the central ridge, widening to base; cast and hammered; two pierced holes for rivets at base; three nicks in side of blade, possibly deliberate. Dimensions: Length: 20 centimetres; Thickness: 2.70 centimetres; Width: 2.90 centimetres Object Type: spear-head Techniques: hammered; cast; pierced

Date

1650 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

1897,0401.1489

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi