Object: Spearhead
Classification: V A
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Stow-cum-Quy
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Stow-cum-quy
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 140
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 25
Thickness (mm): 9
Weight (g): 121
Patina: Dark brown patina on one side - on the other lighter brown and rust colour on the blade half.
Surface: Smooth and shiny on one side. Dull with small pits on the other.
Other: Width: blade 25mm; 28mm; socket 23mm,Thickness: blade 8.5mm; 9mm
Description: High midrib and 2 mouldings on either side. 4 rivet holes in same plane as the blade. Socket does not continue up the mid rib.
Publications: Foster Bequest, 288. The numbers do not correspond in the catalogue. (W.K. Foster's Cat. of Antiquities),Prehistoric Bronzes, 169. No catalogue.