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Bronze sword or spear tip
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Andrew Williams, 2018-01-05 13:58:56
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Bronze sword or spear tip
Description
English: A Medieval or Post Medieval cast copper alloy pot leg, dating to c. AD 1200-1700. The foot is broadly trapezoidal in section, and sub rectangular in plan, tapering towards the base. The outer surface has a raised rib running along its length, just right of centre. It has an old break at the top. The bottom is rounded and worn and the foot is missing. It is covered by a green and black patina.

Dimensions: length: 39.7mm, width at base: 16.2mm, width at top: 24.3mm, thickness at base: 4.4mm, thickness at top: 8.9mm.

Weight: 28.87g

Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler et al (2009:4) suggest there were four main types of leg used. This is an example of type A which they suggest was widespread in the Medieval period with some examples continuing into the early 17th century (ibid).

Class: Pot leg/foot
Sub class: Butler, Green and Payne, type A
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 1200 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 881799
Old ref: SOM-F71F37
Filename: SOMF71F37.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/643109
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/643109/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/881799
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