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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: SOMDOR-33F9A1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from a cast copper alloy side-looped and socketed spearhead of probable Middle Bronze Age date. The surviving section comprises the central part of the spearhead, with the beginnings of the side flanges of the (probably) leaf-shaped spear blade at one end and the start of the two side loops at the other. The socket is circular in profile and tapers towards the blade end. The fragment measures 41.7mm by 14.94mm by 13.51mm and weighs 12.61g.
Class: Side-Looped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 1150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.7 mm
Width: 14.94 mm
Thickness: 13.51 mm
Weight: 12.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 6th March 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Compton Abbas
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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