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Description: | Copper alloy fragment of a spear of probable Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 800 BC). It consists of an upper section of the blade, missing the tip and the socket to old breaks. The fragment is triangular in plan. The mid is ovoid in section with wings that taper in thickness to each side. The wings do not have bevelled edges, instead taper gently to a point which forms the cutting edge. One blade wing has suffered more damage than the other resulting in an unbalanced appearence. The spear has a dark brown patina with small areas of pitting. The breaks at the tip and to the socket are worn. The fragment measures 9.4mm in width to the tip and 17.2mm in width to the socket. It is 42.2mm in length, 7.8mm in thickness and weighs 13.58g.Many of the diagnostic characteristics (such as loops, peg holes and blade shape) have been lost and so a wide date range is suggested above. However, it is probably a of a socketed spear type due to the thickness of the midrib in relation to remaining fragment.
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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