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Description: | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age spearhead, measuring 49.8mm in length, max.12mm wide, and weighing 7.42g.
Almost all original patina is missing and no original cutting edge survives. It is extensively worn. The tip is missing.
In section the spearhead has a circular shaft (6.6mm diameter), apparantly with a clay fill, if so presumably left over from the casting process and creating a weak point for the spear to snap at.
The spearhead has a prominent mid-rib. From its current outline (although heavily worn and damaged) it is probably Greenwell and Brewis Type Va, and would have had peg-holes for attachment instead of loops. This would give a Late Bronze Age date, c.10th-11th century BC. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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