arrow-head

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Object Type: arrow-head
Museum number: 1897,0401.1515
Description: Mass of fused bronze arrow-heads; arrows probably barbless with long narrow straight tangs; cast and hammered; probably scrap for re-casting.
Cultures/periods: Late Cypriot III
Production date: 1200BC-1050BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Turner Bequest Excavations, Enkomi
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Enkomi (foundry hoard)
Materials: bronze
Technique: cast; hammered
Dimensions: Length: 8.70 centimetres; Width: 3.80 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Bronze / Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum. Greek, Roman & Etruscan. (94); Catling 1964 / Cypriot Bronzework in the Mycenaean World (P131); Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (p.16-7, Fig 28); Crewe 2009 / Enkomi (F.1)
Location: On display (G72/dc17)
Acquisition name: From: Turner Bequest Excavations, Enkomi
Funder name: Funded by: Emma Tourner Turner (bequest)
Acquisition date: 1897
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1897,0401.1515

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