Weapons and AmmunitionNear Eastern2nd-1st millennium BCE

Crescent Arrowhead

late 2nd-early 1st Millennium BCE

Classification

Weapons and Ammunition

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Near Eastern

Period

Iron Age

Century

2nd-1st millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

5.4 x 6.2 cm (2 1/8 x 2 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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