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Spearhead or Dagger Blade

Cypriote
Bronze Age, Early or Middle Cypriote Period

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by subscription
Accession Number72.4883
NOT ON VIEW

Catalogue Raisonné Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 541.
DescriptionThere are two rivets in the shank. Crusty, green patina.
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)