Object: Socketed Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London, Society of Antiquaries, B49 (vii)
Site: Unprovenanced,Alt Site: Shropshire; Little Wenlock; Willowmoor; c. SJ 6403 0830
Parish: Little Wenlock
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 78
Width (mm): 26
Thickness (mm): 1
Surface: Dull green patina - slightly shiny; mainly edges deteriorating to pale green dry surface.
Associations: 9. Undocumented
Description: Simensions: EL 78.2mm; Wm 26mm; Bm 26.3mm; Ts (at break) 1.3-2.6mm,Typology: neat flat bottom to socket rim; decoration probably cast - band of 3 narrow ribs above mouth-moulding, central broader moulding with angled profile, band of 4 narrow ribs, grooves in between moudlings and defining upper limit of band; some variations in spacing, etc.,Manufacture: sub-rect. end to mouldings on socket sides - near flat surfaces,Condition: main fracture may be recent; rivet-holes much damaged, chip out of m., fine cracks in body - some possibly ancient; part broken off since early NBI entry,Attached Material: fawn-orange dust?
Remarks: Labels/Markings: white ink: B49, printed stuck-on label, '2',Archive: PIF,PRBAF: DF (C); SI,Ext.: CI,Rec.: SN, March 79,Source: MV,Old Cards: 1