File:Bronze Age Fragment Probably-Possibly a Spear Blade (FindID 527984).jpg

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Bronze Age Fragment Probably/Possibly a Spear Blade
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Cambridgeshire County Council, Helen Fowler, 2012-12-10 13:47:40
Title
Bronze Age Fragment Probably/Possibly a Spear Blade
Description
English: A fragment of copper-alloy spearhead. This fragment dates from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1600BC - 801BC). This fragment weighs 12.04g, has a length of 62.33mm, width is 14.54mm and maximum thickness is 4.70mm tapering to 1.56mm. A cross-section transversely across the width is sub-triangular with a suggestion that the thickest edge was concave and that the edges originally would have continued to flare out giving a greater maximum thickness and a more prominent concave groove running the entire length of this fragment. If the presence of a concave groove has been correctly identified this would be suggestive that the fragment was part of a hollow spearhead as described in PAS record CAM-44AD17. A big patch of corrosion product is present on one surface. All edges on this fragment are irregular and suggestive of old breaks.

This fragment was identified as being of Bronze Age date by Helen Fowler, which was confirmed by Dr Helen Geake. Full identification as to what artefact and date range this fragment is from was provided by Peter Reavill & Dot Boughton.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 1600 BC and 801 BC
Accession number
FindID: 527984
Old ref: CAM-445343
Filename: CAM-445343.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/408095
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/408095/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/527984
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