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Description: | A knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2500-1500 BC). The arrowhead is a light grey in colour, with no patination visible and small white inclusions scattered throughout the flint. Only small patches of the original flake surface remain, though this example was probably manufactured on a tertiary soft hammer flake. The piece has been intensely pressure-flaked in order to thin and shape the piece. A small amount of the tip is missing, probably due to an impact, and some minimal lateral edge-damage is visible on one face, slightly below the tip. The tang is squared-off and fairly short and squat, but the barbs are asymetrical, with only one being fully formed through deep invasive notching . The example which is complete is obliquely shaped, while the other is barely visible.Measurements;Maximum length (mm): 24.96Maximum and width: 17.25Thickness at midpoint: 4.11Tang length: 4.4Tang width: 7.98Weight (g): 1.55
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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