File:Bronze Age (FindID 838117).jpg

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Bronze Age
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Arwen Wood, 2017-03-23 10:57:47
Title
Bronze Age
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy socketed side-looped spearhead of Bronze age date, consisting of only the shaft of the spearhead. The side loops are semi circular in shape, with a circular pierced hole, the loop plate is narrow. One of the side loops is worn and broken. The midrib section is lozenge shaped. The shaft is broken and worn at both ends, it narrows towards the blade end. Similar spearheads on the database have been dated to the Middle to Late Bronze Age, 1500-700 BC. It measures 43.5mm in length, 14.6mm at maximum width, 1.8mm in thickness, and weighs 9.33g.

Similar records on the database are DOR-DC23F5, LIN-A90E8A and WILT-0276AC.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 1500 BC and 700 BC
Accession number
FindID: 838117
Old ref: BUC-1431A2
Filename: BUC1431A2.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/608115
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/608115/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/838117
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Object location51° 59′ 52.08″ N, 0° 49′ 34.88″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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