LEIC-9CFF65: Bronze Age (Early) barbed and tanged flint arrowhead

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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD

Unique ID: LEIC-9CFF65

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Bronze Age (Early) barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, 31mm in length, 17mm in width and 4mm thick with a weight of 1.80grams. The object is triangular in form with a flattened lozenge cross section and an orange-brown patina. It is bi-facially worked with covering, scaled low angle re-touch. It has a slightly projecting rectangular tang and slight barbs.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.8 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 473

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Eaton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7726
Four figure Latitude: 52.82603797
Four figure longitude: -0.8586798
1:25K map: SK7726
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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