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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed spearhead, dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500-800 BC, probably more c. 1400-1000 BC). The fragment consists of only the very tip of the spear, and although the tip is sharp the edges are very worn and the whole object appears heavily rolled (P. Reavill. pers. comm.). The spearhead has a lozenge-shaped cross section, broken towards the tip of the socket. There is the mineralised remains of a wooden object or element on one face of the spearhead; it appears that a casting flaw resulted in a hollow and that the mineralised wood is the remains of packing to keep the shaft in place. Peter Reavill, FLO for Shropshire & Herefordshire comments that the survival of the wood "would be odd...given the [rolled] condition of the spear."
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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