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Description: | An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) iron socketed spear head (9th century). The blade is leaf-shaped (tear-drop) and the cross-section is lozenge-shaped with the central mid-rib tapering to the cutting edges. The spear head has a split socket with possibly two nail holes along the edge, although the corrosion makes it difficult to be certain.Dalton (1923:91) writes that the spear was the most common weapons of the Anglo Saxons and in the pagan period it is easily recognised by the split socket, which was beaten out on a mandril but not welded along the edges.Dimensions: Internal diameter of socket: 17.82mm; length: 413mm; width: 30.87mm; thickness: 7.18mm; weight: 328.81g.Identified by John Clark Medieval Curator Emeritus, Museum of London.Reference: Dalton, O. M. 1923. British Museum Guide to Anglo Saxon Antiquities. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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