Record ID: NCL-848177 - BRONZE AGE spear

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SPEAR

Unique ID: NCL-848177

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Bronze Age socketed spearhead

Bronze Age socketed spearhead. The socket is incomplete with a small part of the upper part of the socket. The spear head would have been leaf shape but the tip is missing. There is a brown green patina on the edges and the midrib which is flaking off.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 1150 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 35.07 mm
Width: 21.3 mm
Thickness: 9.2 mm
Weight: 9.4 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: North East
County: Northumberland
District: Tynedale
To be known as: Shotley Low Quarter

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2009

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Harriet Riley - [view all attributed records]

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