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A middle Bronze Age sidelooped spearhead dating to c. 1300-1200BC.
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National Museum Liverpool, Vanessa Oakden, 2009-05-19 14:24:42
Title
A middle Bronze Age sidelooped spearhead dating to c. 1300-1200BC.
Description
English: A middle Bronze Age sidelooped spearhead dating to c. 1300-1200BC.

The socketed is slightly flared at its 'open' end, and 20.33mm in diameter, (internal 14.52mm). The loops, which are flattened, are situated roughly half way along the shaft.

The head is leaf shaped. The socket is a pronounced mid-rib and the edges of the wings are chamfered. The max width of the wings, and spearhead, is 42.84mm. The outer edge of the wings are 1.58mm thick. The patina is a greenish brown and there is a small amount of corrosion on the wings.

The side-looped spearhead dates to the Middle Bronze Age. This object corresponds woth the Caemaes phase/Acton Park II.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Shropshire
Date between 1300 BC and 1200 BC
Accession number
FindID: 254214
Old ref: LVPL-6CE375
Filename: DSCN2732.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/211057
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/211057/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/254214
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