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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: DOR-F3B877
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of copper alloy spear. The tip only remains. There is a sharply defined central rib on both sides of the spear, forming a lozengiform cross section. The wings are thinned and wide at the break. There is some damage to the edges of the wings.
This is probably a fragment of socketed speardhead dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age
Date: Middle to Late Bronze Age - c. 1400 - 800 BC
Dimensions: 59.09 mm x 18.70 mm x 9.04 mm
Weight: 14.49 g
Class: Fragment
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1400 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59.09 mm
Width: 18.7 mm
Thickness: 9.04 mm
Weight: 14.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th August 2012
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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: Iwerne Minster
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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