Object: Spearhead
Classification: IIIA
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: City of Nottingham Art Museum,No. 23-17
Site: England,Nottinghamshire,Colwick,Found by lanourer in excavation work, constructing Holme Lock on River Trent. March 1923 - dredged from river bed
Discovery context: excavated
Parish: Colwick
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1923
Length (mm): 290
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 48
Thickness (mm): 19
Weight (g): 380
Patina: Dark
Surface: Yellow bronze, encrusted and partly filled with gritty deposit from river bed.
Other: Width: blade 48mm; socket 25mm,Thickness: blade 19mm; socket 24mm
Description: Deposit of gritty matter adds greatly to the weight. Fairly good preservation.