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Unique ID: NMGW-EAC9D1
Object type certainty: Certain
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Bronze Age spear tip of uncertain type and date within the Bronze Age The spear is represented by the tip only, with a surviving length of 52.mm and a weight of 19.4g. The spearhead broke in antiquity and there is no socket evident on the fragment. The spear has a width of 20.4mm and a thickness of 8.2mm at the break. The spear had a prominent and comparatively wide rounded midrib (12mm wide at the break). The midrib alignment differs between faces, as is evident on the cross-section break. The sides of the spear are comparatively straight or slightly convex along the length of the fragment. Areas of the original survive with a deep brown patina and show a blade facet (2.5mm wide) and sharpening striations running along the blade. Elsewhere the current surface is pale green. The fragment is curved along its length, suggesting it was bent prior to breaking. The proportions of the fragment may suggest a heavier spearhead type, possibly a Late Bronze Age pegged spearhead with a flame-shaped blade.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Quantity: 1
Length: 52 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 8.2 mm
Weight: 19.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007
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Other reference: NMWPA 2007.37.1
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SS9876
Four figure Latitude: 51.473737
Four figure longitude: -3.470011
1:25K map: SS9876
1:10K map: SS97NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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