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LOT 0337
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
11TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/8 in. (120 grams, 16.2 cm).
With flared socket developing to a midrib with median gusset, leaf-shaped blade; casting seam to socket and opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs.
Provenance
Acquired in Germany in 2000.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
Cf. Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977, item 37, for type.
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