Acquisition number: 1975.15
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Bronze head for an arrow or small javelin. The shaft or tang is square in section, tapering into the flat face of the blade; the blade is lanceolate. There is some corrosion of the surface.
Title: Bronze Arrow Head - 1975.15
Acquisition number: 1975.15
Culture or period: Late Bronze Age.
Date: 1400 - 1200 BC.
Material: Metal - Bronze
Object type: Weapons - Arrowheads
Dimensions: 110mm (l) × 12mm (w)
Origin region or location: Jordan
Origin city: Amman.
Display case or on loan: 1
Keywords: Late Bronze Age Temple at Amman, weaponry
Palestine Exploration Quarterly (1869-) 98, 1966, pl.35b right; J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U., Canberra, 1981, 14.
1975.15
Bronze Arrow Head
From Amman A.v.2 (cat.no. 225). Length 11cm; max. width 1.2cm.
Bronze head for an arrow or small javelin. The shaft or tang is square in section, tapering into the flat face of the blade; the blade is lanceolate. There is some corrosion of the surface.
Compare in general the series published by Cross and Milik, Annual of the Department of Antiquities, Jordan (1951-) 3, 1956, 15-23.
Palestine Exploration Quarterly (1869-) 98, 1966, pl.35b right; J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U., Canberra, 1981, 14.