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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: LIN-AD652B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A looped and socketed copper alloy spear head dating from the Middle Bronze Age, about 1550 - 1250 BC. It seems to fit into Davis's Group 2 or Group 3 (2017). It has a triangular blade with ribs on each blade wing, and a prominent midrib, lozenge shaped in cross-section. The socket is circular in cross-section and the socket extends just into the base of the blade midrib. There is a side loop on each side of the socket, positioned very close to the end of the object, away from the blade. The spear has a smooth mid green with only slight pitting and corrosion.
The spear head is 101 mm long. The blade is 58 mm long and hmm wide, tapering from 17 mm thick at the point where it meets the shaft. The shaft is 43 mm long and has an exterior opening of 26 mm. The interior diameter is 21 mm. The depth of the interior of the socket is 51 mm. The loops measure 20 mm x 7 mm x 7 mm. It weighs 80.17g.
Reference
Davis R (2017) Later Prehistoric Finds Group Object Datasheet No.5; A Short Guide to Early and Middle Bronze Age Spearheads
Notes:
Davis (2017) notes that "Spearheads from the earlier MBA were those with sockets extending into the blade, and with loops on the side of the socket. They date to the Acton Park and Taunton phases, 1550-1250 BC." He describes his Group 2: "Early socketed" as "Triangular blade. Socket with short shaft aperture extending only to base of the blade."
Class:
Side-looped
Sub class: Davis (2012) Group 2
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 1550 BC
Date to: Circa 1250 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 101 mm
Weight: 80.17 g
Diameter: 26 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0053
Four figure Latitude: 53.0648949
Four figure longitude: -0.50912783
1:25K map: TF0053
1:10K map: TF05SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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