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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: SOMDOR-BC0AA2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed spear head of Bronze Age date. It is a section towards the base of the spear retaining part of the socket and side flanges. It is too fragmentary for a very precise type to be assigned. The socket is circular. The body of the spear has a solid, circular sectioned centre with a flange set opposite another on either side. The overall shape is not discernable. No attachment loops remain.
Notes:
From paper record 2002. PAL 1833
Class: Fragment
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 1100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.65 mm
Width: 18.79 mm
Thickness: 12.62 mm
Weight: 13.02 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS012321
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: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Cerne Abbas
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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