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Description: | A near complete copper alloy socketed spearhead of Middle to Late Bronze Age date. The wings, tip and part of the socket are preserved, the remainder missing due to old breaks. It is leaf shaped with a hollow midrib that is circular in section, the entire object visibly and slightly bent when viewed in profile. The wings are flat, plain and broad with edge sharpening bevels. The tip is rounded, perhaps due to corrosion, which is fairly pronounced on one face. There is also some slight edge loss due to corrosion near the tip of the spearhead. Surface condition of the object varies from a well preserved, shiny (perhaps slightly silvery), bronze colour in places to a medium brown-green patina with patches of pale green corrosion products. This may perhaps indicate recent disturbance from anaerobic conditions. The end of the socket has an irregular, but relatively ancient, break. This spear measures 82.11mm in surviving length, 34.07mm in width, 15.09mm in diameter at the widest surviving point of the socket, and weighs 39.03g. This object is a spearhead of Bronze Age date. However, due to the damage to the socket it remains uncertain whether this is part of a side-looped Middle Bronze Age (c.1500-1200 BC) spearhead or a Late Bronze Age example (c.1200-800 BC).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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