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Description: | Copper alloy Spearhead. Cast Looped and Socketed Spearhead with narrow ogival section blade with a prominent mid rib, paired loops and a gently flared socket whose sides exhibit clear mould lines. The object was found in two pieces with a recent break; the finder reports that despite his assiduous searching the missing tip was not located, though only a spot of corrosion appears at the edge of that small fracture surface. Similar spearheads have been found at Messingham, North Lincolnshire. Suggested date: Middle Bronze Age, 1600-1000 BC.Length: 116mmn Width: 19.4mm, Thickness: blade mid rib at break : 2.4mm, at socket: 1.6mm, blade at mid-rib (overall): 9.5mm, Diameter (mouth of socket): 16.7mm, Weight: 39.87gms.
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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