Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of London
Site: England,Greater London,(Wandsworth, L. B.),Thames Foreshore,Nine Elms Cold Store
Discovery context: river
Parish: Nine Elms
District: Wandsworth
County: Greater London
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 300 779
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 163
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 36
Weight (g): 98
Surface: Small areas of very dark green patina - also very thin; mostly flaked to dry green or greeny-brown surface.
Associations: Area Find/River Group
Description: Dimensions: L 163mm; Wbl 36.4mm; W at loops 23.5mm; Wm 20.8mm; Ds >57; B lp plates 6.2 & 7.0; Wt. 97.9 g (includes some soil),Typology: rounded midrib transforms into lozengic close to tip; slight but very broad edge bevesl echoing "ivy-leaf" blade shape; loop plates low, flat, and lenticular; socket m. has strong ext. chamfer - curved in profile.,Manufacture: Extant patina carries grmks along e. bevels to blade generally across socket side below blade, and in lozenge shape encircling loop position; Perfn. through socket wall beneath at least one loop,Condition: very minor corrosion damage to otherwise very sharp edges; small dent in m/rib where it meets blade.,Attached Material: Soil still in socket end and in loops. Small fragment of ?fibre (?thong) emanating from one loop - minerally replaced.
Remarks: Rec: SN Aug. 93,Source: Sb. A