British spear head, Bronze Age, c.1200-900 BC
Bronze
Height: 21cm
11756 EL
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Leaf-shaped blade with rounded mid-rib, a lateral peg hole in the hollow socket used to fasten the spear head to the grip. The central rib and socket have incised decoration:...
Leaf-shaped blade with rounded mid-rib, a lateral peg hole in the hollow socket used to fasten the spear head to the grip. The central rib and socket have incised decoration: either
side a double row of dots emulating the dagger shape; the socket with two bands formed of lines of
impressed dots on either side of three incised concentric lines with arched decorative motif between;
near the base triangular patterns filled with horizontal lines and 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
