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Bronze Age spearhead (fragment)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2010-05-26 13:44:01
Title
Bronze Age spearhead (fragment)
Description
English: A tip from a copper-alloy spearhead of mid to late Bronze Age date.

The tip is of lozenge-shaped section, with a pronounced central ridge bordered by lower parallel grooves and ridges. The width narrows gradually from the break to the tip. The surface has a dark grey corrosion product and is corroded in places. The object measures 45.6mm long, 12.5mm wide and 8.1mm thick. The weight is 10.51g.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 1500 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 391342
Old ref: BH-D17474
Filename: BA spear 10 57 - 1.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/282693
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/282693/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/391342
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