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 (0)
Description: Dimensions: L 195mm; Wbl 32.5mm; Wm 23.5mm; Bm 24.3mm; Wt. 145.7 g,Typology: expanded socket mouth with very flat end; small rib moulding with near angular crest just below rivet holes with intact rivet of metal; one exposed end of rivet roughly shaped and turned over; midrib rounded becoming angular crest towards tip forming concave-losenge blade section; s. depth not ascertainable but probably not much into blade,Manufacture: Rounded stump of cg. flash quite protuberant and given rise to bulbs on sl. ell. section; possible indication of lipping on parts of cg. fl.; no defined e. bev. - some bevelling very close to edge from sharpening probably,Condition: parts of blade edge quite sharp, part blunted - probably recent, gold colour; blade little bent in profile, and tip to one side.,Attached material: Wood remains against one side of the socket; socket & small patches on outside with gravel embedded in corrosion - obscures much of rivet and blocks socket; patches of very thin pale fawn ?accretion
Remarks: Archive: PIF,PRBAF: DF(S); SI,Ext.: CI,Rec.: SN Aug. 79,Source: Sb. A.,Sub. Inf. Alty