Object: Spearhead
Classification: IV A
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge,Foster Bequest, 294,P.B. 177
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Ely,Burnt Fen
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Isle Of Ely
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 180
Width (mm): 17
Edge (mm): 31
Thickness (mm): 10
Weight (g): 69
Patina: Green brown and metal patina
Surface: Smooth and dull
Description: The implement is bent in the middle. High mid rib. Two mouldings leave the midrib 40mm from the point and expand gradually towards the junction of blade on the socket. Point broken. 2 loops hammered into flat lozenges. 2 holes in socket due to bad casting or corrosion.
Publications: Foster Bequest, 294. The numbers do not correspond in the catalogue.,Prehistoric Bronzes, 177. No catalogue.