spear-head
- Museum number
- OA.120
- Description
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Copper alloy basal-looped, socketed spear-head. Blade: leaf, base curved, flat. Midrib section: lozenge with wide ridge. Incorporated loops, rectangular plates. Socket damaged. Blade edges sharp, corroded. Dark brown, bronze and green.
- Dimensions
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Length: 96 millimetres
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Weight: 42 grammes
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Width: 26 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Davis 2006
Poor condition.
Bibliography: Ramsey, W.G. 1989, ‘Middle Bronze Age Weapons in Ireland’, PHD Thesis, Queens University, Belfast, no. 720.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unknown as of September 2003. Found in the 19th century.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- OA.120