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LOT 1352
Anglo-Saxon Iron Socketted Spearhead
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/4 in. (159 grams, 26 cm).
Lentoid-section narrow blade with thick shoulder, closed socket; Swanton's Group I2. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Wetwang, East Yorkshire, UK.
Acquired circa 2005.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Exhibited at Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 14th March-9th June 2024; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefact on display.
LiteratureCf. Swanton, M.J. Spearheads of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements, London, 1973, fig.47.
FootnotesThe spear-heads of group I2 belong to a larger number of blades with more slender and regularly curved leaf-shapes than previous types. The majority present profiles more regularly curved from junction to tip, the broader part of the blade near the middle, with the fuller comformably longer. All of the group are much of the length varying between some 25 and 35 cm.
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