Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Chichester Institute,sold to the Museum of Newport, Mon. 1923.
Site: Ireland
Discovery context: auction
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 164.5
Width (mm): blade 30; socket 30
Thickness (mm): Blade 12.5
Weight (g): 71
Patina: no patina
Surface: smooth (tiny pits) dark golden bronze colour.
Composition: Bronze
Description: Both sides of blade are marked crosswise as if with a coarse file. These marks extend almost from point to socket. The piece of socket (between the 2 holes) is thinner than a P.C.