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LOT 0325

Late Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead

CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

6 7/8 in. (118 grams, 17.5 cm).

Leaf-shaped blade with a ribbed raised central ridge.

Provenance

From the collection of Dr Günter Wiedner, Bavaria, Germany, 1980s-2015.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, private collector.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.11.45; pl.10, p.18.

Footnotes

These kind of spearheads are similar to the spearheads found in Irish Late Bronze Age hoards of the Dowris period, although there are no channelled blades.

CONDITION

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LOT 0325

Late Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £520

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