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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: ESS-335415
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of copper alloy Bronze Age spear. This fragment is subrectangular in plan, and slightly tapering and lentoid in section. There is a median rib. It is 16.52mm long, 14.82mm wide, 6.98mm thick and weighs 7g. The blade edges are worn and chipped. The break edges are worn suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The surface is abraded and the original surface is patchy. It is brown in patina. Exposed surfaces are mid and light green. Not enough of the spearhead survives to date it to a particular phase of the Bronze Age.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2150 BC
Date to: 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.52 mm
Width: 14.82 mm
Thickness: 6.98 mm
Weight: 7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2005
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ID 3994
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
To be known as: Margaret Roding
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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