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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Bronze Age looped and socketed spear. Only the socket part of the spear survives. The socket is hollow and circular in section tapering outwards from top to bottom. The remains of two integrally cast lozenge shaped side loops survive on opposing sides of the socket. The maximum diameter of the socket, at the base, measures 20.5mm externally and 18mm internally.Spears of this type are dated to the Middle Bronze Age c.1500-1150BC.
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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