Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 93.4-26.124,Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.,26/4/1893
Site: England,Kent,(Isle of Thanet),Minster,Ebbsfleet,Founder's Hoard
Parish: Minster
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1893
Length (mm): 89
Width (mm): 26
Thickness (mm): 10
Weight (g): 37
Patina: Dark green
Surface: Corroded
Associations: 9-151; Hoard consisting of 1 palstave, 2 winged celts, 13 socketed celts, 3 spearheads, fragment of sickle, triangular knife, socketed knife, socketed hammer, fragment of implement, flanged ring, 3 pieces of harness, and 2 jets.
Description: Engraved at base of socket
Publications: V.C.H. Kent, I, 322, 335,Proc. S. A. 2nd S. Vol XIV, p. 309,Proc. S. A. 2nd. S. Vol. XV, 138,R. F. Jessup, 'Kent', 110, 259
Remarks: Rather inacc. See new index. CI