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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