Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of London
Site: England, greater london,wandsworth l.b.,thames foreshore,nine elms cold store
Discovery context: river
District: wandsworth
County: Greater London
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 300 779
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 163
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 36
Weight (g): 98
Surface: Small areas of v. dk green patina - also v. thin; mostly flaked to dry green or greeny-brown sur.; Small fragment of ?fibre (?thong) emanating from one loop - minerally replaced.
Associations: Area Find/River Group
Description: Dimensions: L 163mm; Wbl 36.4mm; W at loops 23.5mm; Wm 20.8mm; Bm 20.8mm; Ds>57; B lp plates 6.2, 8.7; Wt 97.9 g (includes some soil),Typology: Rounded midrib transforms into losengic close to tip; slight but very broad edge bevels echoing 'ivy-leaf' blade shape; loop plates low, flat & lenticular; sockets m. has a strong ext. chamber - curved in profile.,Manufacture: Extant patina carries grmks along e. bevels + blade generally across socket sides below blade and in losenge shape encircling loop position; Perfn. through socket wall beneath at least one loop.,Condition: v. minor corr. dam. to otherwise v. sharp edges; small dent in m/rib where it meets blade.,Attached Materials: Soil still in socket end and in loops.
Remarks: Rec. SN Aug 93,Source Sb. A.