|
Date: |
|
Description: | A cast copper alloy unidentified object possibly dating to the Early Bronze Age Arreton Down Metalworking Tradition (1650 BC - 1500 BC).The object is 'flame like' in plan. The blade is 50.60mm in length and the very tip is missing. The incomplete tip is pointed and flares evenly outwards and downwards towards a rounded base. On both faces of the blade, a longitudinal mid-rib extends from the tip to the base. The sides of the blade are roughly parallel and both have flattened surfaces measuring 0.75mm thick. The edges of the blade are incomplete due to both ancient and modern damage.The tang measures 20.07mm in length and is sub-rectangular in cross-section. It is 8.70mm wide and 4.28mm thick. The tang is incomplete terminating with an ancient break.The object has a smooth mottled brown patina. Dr Richard Davis has said the object can be described as "a tanged spearhead or dagger with a very rare blade shape, dated to the Arreton phase of the EBA".
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
SPEAR
Incomplete cast bronze spearhead of…
-
AWL
A (probably later) Bronze Age…
-
SPEAR
A cast copper alloy spearhead…
-
RAZOR
A cast copper-alloy leaf shaped…
-
DAGGER
Incomplete copper-alloy dagger of Bronze…
-
SPEAR
Incomplete cast bronze spearhead of…
-
KNIFE
A cast copper-alloy knife/razor of…
-
-
SPEAR
A fragment of a Bronze…
-
SPEAR
Two halves of a Middle…
|