British spear head, Bronze Age, c.1200-900 BC
Bronze
Height: 21cm
11756 EL
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Narrow, leaf-shaped, pointed blade with rounded mid-rib, a lateral peg hole in the hollow socket used to fasten the spear head to the shaft. The central rib and socket have...
Narrow, leaf-shaped, pointed blade with rounded mid-rib, a lateral peg hole in the hollow socket used to fasten the spear head to the shaft. The central rib and socket have incised decoration: either side a double row of dots imitating the dagger shape; the socket with two bands formed of lines of stamped dots on either side of three incised concentric lines with an arched decorative motif between. Near the base are triangular fields filled with horizontal lines, finished with a simple singular line of dotted incisions. Intact.
Provenance
Found in East Anglia, UK, in the 1980s
Private collection, Hertfordshire, UK
Supplied with a British export licence dated 21st January 2025
