File:Mid-BA Soearhead (FindID 842673).jpg

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Mid-BA Soearhead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Rod Trevaskus, 2017-04-18 08:16:33
Title
Mid-BA Soearhead
Description
English: A copper alloy leaf-shaped side-looped spearhead from the Taunton Phase of the Middle Bronze Age c. 1400-1250 BC. The blade is flat with channelled grooves on the face where the stem rib meets the blade. The mid-rib is rounded and joins a broad circular sectioned socket, which has an outer inset bevel at the socket mouth. The loops are small and squat and are lozenge shape. The loops are undrilled - they are solid rather than hollow. A smaller spearhead but with an almost identical 'loops' was found in AD 1871 in Fyfield, only a couple of kilometers from this example, and is now in the Ashmolean (accession number Ash.M 1927.2706). A small number of similar spearheads with undrilled loops have recently been recorded from across Oxfordshire; from from Cherwell (BERK-D20304), Bampton (BERK-44F126) and Wendlebury (OXON-838037).

With a smooth dark green patina, there is no evidence of this item having been used. The edges are still sharp and there is no indication of wear. The socket diameter is 21.48mm. with an internal diameter of 18.0mm.

Ref: The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age metalworking by M.J. Rowlands, BAR (British Archaeological Reports) 31(i) 1976. Part i: Discussion - p 51-52. Part ii: Catalogue and Plates - closest example is in Plate 37 no. 1330
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 1400 BC and 1250 BC
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FindID: 842673
Old ref: BERK-5BCE29
Filename: BERK5BCE29.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/611341
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/611341/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/842673
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Object location51° 40′ 10.92″ N, 1° 25′ 43.1″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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