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Description: | An incomplete and corroded cast copper-alloy side-looped spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date, c.1,500-1,150 BC. Two joining fragments from the butt end of the spearhead survive intact, the majority of the blade/tip end and sections of the socket now missing due to old breaks. The fragments were recovered individually and on two occaisions a year apart (summer 2009 and spring/summer 2010).The butt end is conical in form, tapering towards the now incomplete tip of the spearhead. It has a circular socket that measures 19.16mm in external and 17.26mm in internal diameter at the socket end, which is partialy incomplete due to old breaks. This tapers to two side loops with moulded seams visible on each side of the spearhead running from the socket to the loops. The loops themselves have flattened oval shaped outer surfaces and oval shaped apertures, one of which is encrusted with copper-alloy corrosive products. Between the two loops the spearhead has an uneven recent break separating it into two halves, probably as a result of agricultural activity. Above the side loops the shaft narrows and has the remains of incomplete flattened wings to each side before terminating in old breaks. The entire surface of the object has a dark green/brown patina with extensive pitting and corrosive copper-alloy products. It measures 79.83mm in total length, 23.09mm in width at the wings, 8.24mm in thickness at the incomplete tip end, 19.16mm in width/diameter at the socket end, and weighs 34.54g.
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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