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LOT 0339
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/4 in. (112 grams, 14.5 cm).
With flared socket developing to a midrib with lateral step, leaf-shaped blade with stepped profile; opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs.
ProvenanceEx Surrey, UK, collection, 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977, item 37, for type.
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