File:Bronze Age spearhead (FindID 856829).jpg

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Bronze Age spearhead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Arwen Wood, 2017-07-14 14:54:44
Title
Bronze Age spearhead
Description
English: An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, probably from the Late Bronze Age or possibly Earliest Iron Age (950-750BC). The spear head is ogival in shape, with a raised triangular sectioned mid rib running down either side of the blade. Just before the blade widens there is a shallow dip on the mid rib on either side. The tip of the spear head is missing, and the edges of the blade is worn and broken. In cross section the shaft is lozenge shaped, with the flat wings of the blade extending out on each side. One edge of the socket is slightly thicker, making the socket slighly offset. The blade narrows towards the blade-socket junction, then extends into the socket. There is a worn break across the socket, which would have fitted over the haft. It is also possible that it was pegged, however this is part is now missing. The almost diamond-shaped midrib cross section may suggest a very late date in the Bronze Age or possibly an Earliest Iron Age date, i.e. 8th century. The spearhead measures 57.9mm in length, 17.9mm in width, and 8.6mm at maximum thickness along the mid rib. The socket measures 6.1mm in diameter. It weighs 14.65g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 950 BC and 750 BC
Accession number
FindID: 856829
Old ref: BUC-8CCAA3
Filename: BUC8CCAA3.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/622179
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/622179/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/856829
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Object location51° 42′ 24.12″ N, 0° 54′ 31.3″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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