Weapons and AmmunitionCypriot3rd millennium BCE

Spearhead

25th-21st century BCE

Classification

Weapons and Ammunition

Technique

Cast

Medium

Copper

Culture

Cypriot

Period

Bronze Age, Early

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

4.5 x 50.2 cm (1 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Purchased from the Cesnola (Cypriote) Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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