File:Bronze Age socketed spear head fragment (FindID 847976).jpg

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Bronze Age socketed spear head fragment
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Somerset County Council, Wil Partridge, 2017-05-18 14:04:34
Title
Bronze Age socketed spear head fragment
Description
English: An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy socketed spearhead, probably Middle Bronze Age in date c. 1500 - 1100 BC. The length of the bladed section of the spear head appears to have survived largely complete, 66.9mm long, although both edges are highly abraded, with neither appearing to survive to their full width and the lower section of the socket missing.

In plan the fragment is very broadly piriform in shape, with the blades flaring out from the socket to a maximum of 27.9mm wide and then tapering to the worn point, 5.4mm wide. The wings of the blade are flat in cross section, 2.0mm wide, and expand out from the conical socket, which forms a mid rib 13.4mm thick at the base, and then subsequently tapers towards the point, 4.1mm thick. At the base of the fragment the socket is 15.1mm wide. It has a dark green patina.

It weighs 31.73g, dirt prevents the depth of the socket from being measured.

Although too fragmentary to classify securely, numerous similar examples are already recorded onto this database and Savory (1980: 175) illustrates a number of further comparible complete examples. The fragment likely dates from the Middle Bronze Age.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 1500 BC and 1100 BC
Accession number
FindID: 847976
Old ref: SOM-D9B2A5
Filename: SOMD9B2A5.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/615560
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/615560/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/847976
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