The Bronze Age Spearhead Collection

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MAIKOP

 

ARSLANTEPE

(Arslantepe, Turkey, c. 3200 B.C.)

 

CYCLADIC

 

 

AEAGEAN group A

 

 

Byblos/Ugarit

(Near East, split socket)

 

TRIALETI

(Transcaucasus, split socket)

 

SINTASHTA

(Uralian steppe, split socket)

Socketed spearhead with split socket from chariot burial 30 at Sintashta. Lenght: 20cm. Almost pure copper (2% tin as substitute for arsen). PRICE:

ROSTOVKA

(Seima-Turbino culture, cast socket, 1900-1700 B.C.))

Spearhead with closed socket and hook type Seima-Turbino from Rostovka.
Total length 35,3 cm. Weigth: 430 grams. Cold hammered (hardened) edges. Bronze (Cu90Sn12). (click image for further information)
Price: 3900,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).

MYCENAE, S-G IV

(Mycenae S-G IV, Greece, c. 1650 B.C.)

Large spearhead with split socket from Mycenae shaft-grave IV (Karo 449; Avila nr. 12).
Total length 60cm. Weight: 1000 grams. Cold hammered (hardened) edges. Bronze (Cu90Sn10). (click image for further information)
Price: 4500,-NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).

LANGQUAID

(First generation Central European spearhead, cast socket)

 

ARRETON DOWN

(First generation British spearhead, tanged)

 
 

UNDLØSE

(type Bagterp. first generation Nordic spearhead, cast socket)

12.5cm. Weight: 112grams.

 

Price: 3100,-NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).

SVENES

(Nordic type Ullerslev, 1500-1300 B.C.)

 

HULTERSTAD

(Nordic 1300-1100 B.C)

 

UBBERUDGÅRD

(Nordic type "hollow blade")

 

RUIGENHOEK

(West European spearhead with flame-shaped blade, phase Rosnoën, 1250-1150 B.C.

Spearhead with flame-shaped blade and closed socket of West European type, based on original from Ruigenhoek, Netherland.
Length: 27 cm. Weight: 260 grams. Alloy: Cu89Sn10Pb1. (click image for further information).
Price: 3500,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).

Later Central European spearhead

 

 

 

KNOSSOS

Aegean type H,

LM II/IIIA-LH IIIC (1500-1100 B.C.).

(Avila no. 865)

 

Large spearhead with split socket from Knossos, Crete (Avila 665). Total length: 48cm. Weight: 660 grams. Alloy: Cu90Sn10 (click image for further information).
Price: 4900,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).

THEBES

Egyptian, New Kingdom (1550-1069 B.C.)

Spearhead with split socket from Thebes, Egypt (Petrie 1917: H170). Massive blade, holes for rivet at the base of the socket. Alloy: Cu90Sn10
Weight: 260 grams. Length: 25 cm. (click image for further information).
Price: 2900,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).

ALISAR

Hittite (1680-1200 B.C.)

Spearhead with split socket and collar-ring from Alisar, Turkey. Length: 24cm (model image).
Price: 2900,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).
 
 
 

LANGADA

 

Spearhead with short, closed socket from Langada, Kos, Dodecanese Islands. Probably linked to the Sea People phenomenon at the end of the Late Bronze Age.
Weight: 165 grams. Length: 18.5 cm. Alloy: Cu88/Sn12. Cold hammered (hardened) edges.(click image for further information).
Price: 2800 NOK