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Spearheads from the River Ljubljanica

Item name:Spearheads from the River Ljubljanica

Dating:12.–10. century BC

Material:Bronze

Findspot:River Ljubljanica

On display:The Earliest Stories from the Crossroads

Description

Select bronze spearheads from the River Ljubljanica (12th–10th centuries BC). Spearheads are the most common Late Bronze Age finds from the Ljubljanica; altogether 29 examples have thus far come to light. In form and decoration, they are similar to the spearheads from Mušja jama in Škocjan (Fig. 257).

Details

1. Spearhead, bronze, l. 12 cm, 12th–10th century BC, River Ljubljanica at Bevke, Inv. No. P 10928.
2. Spearhead, bronze, l. 16.4 cm, 12th–10th century BC, River Ljubljanica at Kamnik pod Krimom, Inv. No. V 4213.
3. Spearhead, bronze, l. 19 cm, 12th–11th century BC, River Ljubljanica at Blatna Brezovica, Inv. No. V 4239.
4. Spearhead, bronze, l. 20.2 cm, 12th–11th century BC, River Ljubljanica, Inv. No. P 3344.
5. Spearhead, bronze, l. 36 cm, 11th–10th century BC, River Ljubljanica at Blatna Brezovica, Inv. No. P 18399.