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Barb and tanged arrowhead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Hazel Crabb, 2019-09-02 15:28:51
Title
Barb and tanged arrowhead
Description
English: A knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Early Bronze Age (c. 2500-1500 BC)

The arrowhead is made from a very dark grey tertiary flake of flint which has a semi glossy patina. It is sub-triangular in plan with very slight convex sides and a small chip at the point, where it is slightly rounded. The tang projects from the narrow edge of arrowhead and is sub-rectangular in plan as well as leaning slightly to one side. A barb survives on the side of the arrowhead that the tang lean towards. This is made of a clear straight stemmed notch. The opposite corner of the arrowhead lacks a similarly clear barb. The arrowhead has retouch on both sides. The arrowhead has 'covering', scaled, low-angled, retouch on both faces creating a nearly smooth domed surface on each side and sharp cutting edge.

The arrowhead is 22.5mm long, 14.9mm wide and 5.9mm thick; it weighs 1.28 grams.

The arrowhead is most similar to a Sutton type, possibly Sutton A or B (see Butler 2005, 163, fig 68, No 7) whose illustrations follow Green (1980). Butler dates these forms of arrowhead to between 2500-1500 BC. Some similar finds are SOM-164CC8, PUBLIC-F58F4D, and NLM-252837.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 2500 BC and 1500 BC
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FindIdentifier: 968806
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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/1070764
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1070764/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/968806
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