Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London, British Museum, P 1981, 1-1, 1,purchased from Mr. RC Long, 141 Bedfont Lane, Feltham, Middlesex
Site: englang,surrey,shepperton/sunbury,felix lane,alt. site: surrey, river thames, walton-on-thames
Discovery context: river
Parish: Sunbury-on-thames
County: Greater London
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TQ 095 671
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 237
Width (mm): 29
Edge (mm): 45
Weight (g): 243
Surface: Patchy areas of dk. green-brown smooth surface - possibly p. remnants; mostly varied gold to light green with much pocking - possibly some cleaning since discovery.
Associations: 8a. Single Find (O)
Description: Dimensions: L 237 mm; Wbl 45.2mm; Wm 28.5mm; Bm 29.3mm; Ds 205; Wt 242.7 g,Typology: rounded midrib, fillet defined, but all merging at tip; fillets disappear at about blade base but have no defined line here; socket appears to broaden a little into blade wings.,Manufacture: good concave edge-bevel; some asymmetry in midrib cross-section possibly betraying valve dislocation in casting,Condition: few dents/notches in blade edge - rest c. slightly serrated all round; possibly slight distortion of socket mouth.
Remarks: Archive: PIF (O); AFI,PRBAF: DF (S); SI,Ext. CI,Rec. SN Oct 81,Source BM