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LOT 1673
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
11TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/4 in. (109 grams, 16 cm).
With flared socket developing to a midrib with scooped lateral ribbing in a leaf-shaped blade; opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs.
ProvenanceAcquired in Germany in 2000.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Cf. Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977, item 37, for type.
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