Accession No
1922.810
Description
Iron spearhead with closed socket. Blade with angular shoulders and central rib; straight, sloping sides and surviving point. Rivet holes through socket.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; ?Ely
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; Ambrose, Cole [collector and vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1922.810
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
515mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Iron socketed spearhead.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Cole Ambrose Collection
(bib) Old label says published in (Ref) VCH 1, plate xi
Event Date 26/3/1992
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
In July 2013 James Hodgson, BA student at the University of Central Lancashire, has identified this as M.J Swanton Type E3 (cf: A Corpus of Pagan Anglo-Saxon Spear-Types. BAR 1974).
Event Date 19/8/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
No visual signs of pattern welding. Rivets present; welded socket.
Event Date 25/9/2013
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Iron spearhead with closed socket. Blade with angular shoulders and central rib; straight, sloping sides and surviving point. Rivet holes through socket.
Event Date 4/5/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:45223
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