Record ID: LIN-F38F93
Object type: JAVELIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman plumbata. The spear is made of iron, comprising a shaft of circular section, tapering gently to a barbed head. The tip is missing. A lead weight has been cast onto the base of the shaft to act as a counter-balance. The weight is biconical and has an opening at the base in which part of shaft is visible. Parallels for this object come from Wroxeter (Barker 1979), and Nettleton, near Bath (Wedlake 1982) Barker, P., (1979) The plumbatae from Wroxeter, in: Hassall and Ireland 1979, De Rebus Bellicis, BAR Int. Ser., vol. 63 (Oxford), part 1, pp. 97-9. Wedlake, …
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th August 2014
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