Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Alty, Mr. A - private,79 Thameside, Staines, Surrey
Site: England, surrey,river thames,staines,found by mr. alty - july 1979, whilst scuba-diving, lying on the river bed midstream; at a point just outside his house.
Discovery context: river
Parish: Staines
County: Surrey
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 035 700
Year of discovery: 1979
Length (mm): 195
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 33
Weight (g): 146
Surface: Mainly dull gold, smooth to textured surface, little dark brown; small patches of upstanding dark grey layer - likely remains of patina; little raised green patches.
Associations: 8. Single Find (o)
Description: Dimensions: L 195mm; W bl. 32.5mm; Wm 23.5mm; Bm 24.3mm; Wt. 145.7 gms,Typoloy: expanded socket mouth with very flat end; small rib moulding with near-angular crest just below rivet-notch with intact rivet of metal; one exposed end of rivet roughly shaped and [?burred] over, midrib rounded becoming angular crest towards tip forming concave lozenge bl. section; s. depth not ascertainable but prob. not much into blade.,Manufacture: rounded stump of cg. flash quite protuberant and gives rise to bulbs on sl. ell. section; possible indications of lipping on parts of cg. fl.; no defined e. bev. - some bevelling very close to edge from sharpening prob.,Condition: parts of blade edge quite sharp, part blunted - prob. recent, gold colour; blade little bent in profile, and tip to one side.,Attached Material: Wood remains against one side of the socket. Socket 4 small patches on outside with gravel embedded in corrosion - obscures much of rivet and blocks socket; patches of v. thin pale fawn ?accretion.
Remarks: Archive: PIF,PRBAF: DF (S) SI,Ext: CI,Rec. SN Aug 79,Source: Sb. A,Sub. Inf. Atty