Bronze spear/javelin head

14-11 century B.C.E.
Southeastern Europe

Cast. Double-edged leaf-shaped blade. Well defined midrib graduating to a conical socket. There are shallow concave channeling parallel to cutting edge on both sides. Diametrically opposed holes on upper socket to secure the shaft. Weight 87 g, length 6.2″(15.7 cm).
For published examples of similar spearheads see:
– Leshtakov, Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Bronze Spear- and Javelin heads in Bulgaria in the Context of Southeastern Europe, Archaeologia Bulgarica, XV, 2 (2011), 25-52, fig.5, 4; p.132
– M. Petrescu-Dimbovita, Depozitele de bronzuri din Romania, Editura Academiei Romania, Bucuresti, pl.201: 21, 23
– Stephan Foltiny: Zur Chronologie der Bronzezeit des Karpatenbeckens / Chronologie doby bronzové karpatského regionu / Chronology of the Bronze Carpathian Region