File:Bronze Age, Side-looped Socketed Spearhead (FindID 986538).jpg

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Bronze Age: Side-looped Socketed Spearhead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Frank Basford, 2020-01-03 11:19:36
Title
Bronze Age: Side-looped Socketed Spearhead
Description
English: A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy side-looped and socketed spearhead of probable Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1150 BC).

The blade and part of the socket are missing due to breaks.

The surviving part of the socket is sub-conical in form and largely circular in cross-section.

The side loops are very similar and have a length of c. 12.5mm. Each perforation is very small. These two loops would have originally been used to help attach and secure the spearhead to the wooden shaft. They also may have been used as suspension loops for some form of tassel or decoration.

This spearhead is slightly pitted and is covered mostly with a dark brown patina. The breaks are old and abraded.

Length: 38.6mm; maximum diameter of base: 15.0mm; maximum diameter at top: 10.6mm; maximum thickness of walls at base: 1.2mm; maximum thickness of walls at the top: 2.2mm. Weight: 12.63g.

Similar looped spearheads have been dated by Margaret Ehrenberg to the Middle Bronze Age specifically the Acton Park 2, Taunton (Cemmaes) or Pennard metalworking traditions (c. 1500 - 1150BC).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 1500 BC and 1150 BC
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FindIdentifier: 986538
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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/1086520
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1086520/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/986538
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