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Bronze Age socketed spearhead (fragment)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2010-09-08 15:50:55
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Bronze Age socketed spearhead (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a copper-alloy socketed spearhead of Bronze Age date.

The piece represents part of the tip area. The circular-sectioned socket extends almost to the end and contains traces of charcoal. Either side of the socket the spearhead tapers towards a thin edge. One of these sides appears to be heavily damaged, while the other seems to be largely intact. The curvature of this intact sides suggests that the implement was fairly short. The tip is rounded, probably as a result of wear through use.

The piece measures 44.9mm long, 14.2mm wide and 7.6mm thick. The weight is 10.61g.

Short, stumpy spearheads of around 100mm in length are recognised by Ehrenburg as being typical of the Ewart Park period of the Late Bronze Age (1977: 15).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 1150 BC and 750 BC
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FindID: 405082
Old ref: BH-FC11B3
Filename: BA spear 10 82 - 55.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/296432
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/296432/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/405082
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