Object: Wooden Spearshaft Tip
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London, British Museum P.1981, 1-1, 2,purchased from Mr. R.C. Long, 141 Bedfont Lane, Feltham, Middlesex.
Site: Surrey,Shepperton/Sunbury,Felix Lane,Alt. Site: Surrey, River Thames, Walton-on-Thames
Discovery context: river
County: Surrey
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TQ 095 671
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 176.5
Width (mm): max 20
Weight (g): 9.8
Associations: 8a. Single find (0)
Description: max. EB 19,Tip with pointed ellipse section, becoming 'eye-shaped' lower down with concave approaches to apexes; expands at base of fragment - here accomodating a skewed rivet hole; shape may echoe inner socket section of spearhead; few narrow facets towards tip appear distinct from wood grain. Condition: Dried out and partially mineralised; socket end seems cha[...] on outer band possibly accounting for marked thinning to rest of shaft tip - differential shinkage? break looks fresh.
Remarks: AFI,DF: S,SI,CI,SN. Oct. 81,Source BM.