Object: Spearhead
Classification: V A
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: City of Nottingham Art Museum, Reg. No. 30-34
Site: England,Nottinghamshire,Shelford,Dredged from the River Trent,May 1929
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Clungunford
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1929
Length (mm): 275
Width (mm): 32
Edge (mm): 79
Thickness (mm): 30
Weight (g): 533
Patina: Light green and brown patina over yellow bronze.
Surface: Goof preservation: encrusted with gritty matter from river bed.
Other: Width: blade 79mm; socket 32mm,Thickness: socket 30mm,Weight: 533.2 gms
Associations: Nil
Description: Circular eyelets in blade. Edges bevelled. The deposit of gritty matter and remains of shaft in socket add to weight of metal.