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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: WILT-F4C17F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy socketed spearhead or blade of the Middle Bronze Age, dating to the period of 1500-1150 BC. It measures 35.07mm in length and 15.19mm in width. It is 5.07mm thick and weighs 8.98g. The patina is smooth, the colour is dark green with patches of brown at the sides. The spearhead is lozengeform in section. The spearhead tapers from the break towards the tip measuring 8.12mm at the narrowest point, where it is broken.
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 1150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.07 mm
Width: 15.19 mm
Thickness: 5.07 mm
Weight: 8.98 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5255
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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