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Description: | A copper alloy Middle Bronze Age socketed spearhead dating to the period c. 1600 - 1000 BC. The spearhead is of Greenwell and Brewis' Class IV. The blade is leaf-shaped with a circular-sectioned midrib. The edges of the blade are bevelled and undamaged apart from minor corrosion and a small nick on one side. Below the blade the casting seam is visible and becomes more prominent below the side loops. The side loops are lozengiform when viewed from the side and have ovular apertures. The mouth of the socket is slightly chipped but otherwise intact.The blade measures 89.54mm in length, 26.45mm maximum width, 1.44mm minimum width. The edge of the blade is 1.45mm thick. The midrib tapers from a thickness of 10.57mm to 1.86mm.The base of the socket measures 21.28mm in diameter. The mouth of the socket measures 28.87mm in diameter. Overall the spearhead measures 161.88mm in length and weighs 64.93g. The socket is c. 91.36mm deep.The spearhead has an uneven brown patina. It is smooth and shiny in places and rough in others.Side-looped spearheads are Greenwell and Brewis' Class IV and date to the early Middle Bronze Age. They are likely to belong to the Acton Park 2, Taunton (Cemmaes), Penard or early Wilburton metalwork assemblages, corresponding to Needham's (1997) Period 5 and 6.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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