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LOT 1536
British Bronze Age Basal-Looped and Socketed Spearhead
1800-1500 B.C.
5 in. (93 grams, 12.9 cm).
A substantial leaf-shaped blade with lozenge-section midrib, small lateral loop to the base of each blade with lozengiform plaque; chip to socket. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Langley, Norfolk, UK.
LiteratureCf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 408; and see Davis, R., Basal-Looped Spearheads, BAR International Series no.1497, Oxford, 2006.
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