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Spearhead or Dagger Blade

Medium/TechniqueBronze
Dimensions12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by subscription
Accession number72.4883
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (from Cyprus); May 16, 1872: purchased by MFA from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola for
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and also includes 72.4871-72.4900 which were part of the original purchase as apparatus and not given 1872 accession numbers until the 1960s)
Sword
about 1300–1200 B.C.
about 1200–1100 B.C.
Group shot: 64.512, 64.514-5
about 1200–1100 B.C.
Spearhead
about 1200–1100 B.C.
Group shot: 64.512, 64.514-5
about 1200–1100 B.C.
Group shot: 64.512, 64.514-5
about 1200–1100 B.C.