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Anglo-Saxon iron spear
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Adam Daubney, 2005-10-27 10:11:42
Title
Anglo-Saxon iron spear
Description
English: Nearly complete iron spear head. The spear head is socketed, open and and tapers to the blade. The socket terminal is damaged. The blade is lozenge shaped in cross-section and has wide shoulders tapering to the tip. The blade is slightly bowed above the shoulders and the tip has been bent over and now points down towards the socket. The bends have patinated breaks and appear to have been done intentionally rather than the result of accidental damage. The external diameter of the socket is 16mm. The blade length is approximately 225mm in total, and 5mm thick, although some of this will be attributed to corrosion. The surface of the spearhead is very corroded however there are patches of a whitish patina spread sporadically on both sides. This white patina also covers some breaks.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 450 and 599
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FindID: 116950
Old ref: LIN-ED14C2
Filename: LIN3438.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/80440
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/80440/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/116950
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