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SPEARHEAD

Unique ID: WMID-057585

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper-alloy socketed fragment, probably a side-looped or basal-looped socketed spearhead from the Middle Bronze Age (1500 - 1050 BC).

Mass: 12.8g; length: 31.6mm; external diameter (base): 15.3mm.

The tapering fragment is complete at the base but broken at the top across the socket and the diametrically opposed and incomplete loops. The fragment has a brown, pitted surface.

Notes:

Find has been recorded twice. This artefact is the same as WMID2353.

Class: Socketed
Sub class: Davis Group 8 or 9

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1500 BC
Date to: 1050 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.6 mm
Weight: 12.8 g
Diameter: 15.3 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Lichfield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK1108
Four figure Latitude: 52.66960094
Four figure longitude: -1.83877065
1:25K map: SK1108
1:10K map: SK10NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found whilst out searching with a metal detector

References cited

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Recording Institution: WMID
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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