European Bronze Age Leaf-Shaped Spearhead

CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

9 1/4 in. (242 grams, 23.5 cm).

With leaf-shaped oval blade, thick short midrib, short shaft with fastening holes and circumferential ring for the opening.

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

Cf. Leshtakov, L., ‘Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Bronze Spear- and Javelinheads in Bulgaria in the Context of Southeastern Europe’ in Archaeologia Bulgarica, XV, 2, (2011), 25-52, fig.4 and fig.8, letter D.

Footnotes

This type of lanceolate spearhead is very common across the Balkans and the Carpathian basin. It originates from Hungary or possibly the Czech Republic.

CONDITION

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