Object: Spearhead
Classification: IV B
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Foster Bequest (Cat. 290),Prehistoric Bronzes (Cat. 173). Catalogue Lost,z.4300
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Warboys Fen
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Warboys
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 315
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 50
Thickness (mm): 19
Weight (g): 327
Patina: Green patina flaked with very dark brown: metal showing through chiefly on one face.
Surface: Corroded and eaten into and flaky. At the joint of the wings and socket there are several long holes.
Description: Flat wings, edges slightly bevelled. Midrib very prominent: shoulders rectangular; loops ear-like, their sides ridged and produced on to the blade as a low rib for a short distance; rivet holes absent.