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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: SF-95AA9E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy fragment originating from a spearhead of later Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age date, c. 1350-800 BC. It is broadly triangular in form and sub-lozengiform in section. Only the tip of the blade survives, demonstrating a prominent midrib on both sides flanked by two smaller ridges. At its lower edge there is a neat broadly straight truncation which has served to separate the tip from the rest of the object. Though the base does not survive, Peter Reavill suggests that this is probably a pegged form. Preserved in good condition with an even green patina, it survives to a length of 38.91mm, 13.12mm wide at its truncated end by 6.10mm thick, and weighs 9.2g.
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 1350 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.91 mm
Width: 13.12 mm
Thickness: 6.1 mm
Weight: 9.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th April 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Exning
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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