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LOT 0335
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
11TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (88 grams, 14.5 cm).
Broad leaf-shaped blade with a gusseted midrib, lateral holes for attachment.
ProvenanceAcquired in Germany in 2000.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.11.45; pl.10, p.18.
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