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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: WILT-EB134E
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a bent Bronze Age cast copper-alloy socketed spearhead. The fragment broadly triangular in plan and lozengeform in cross section. The spear fragment tapers towards the point which has been bent (from 16.65mm to 4.25mm), the tip of the spear curves towards the fragment.
The spear is 20.05mm in length, 16.7mm wide, 6.45mm thick and weighs 4.58 grams.
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 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.05 mm
Width: 16.7 mm
Thickness: 6.45 mm
Weight: 4.58 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 2016-105
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Edington
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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