1884.119.633

Collection type

Object

Description

Socketed bronze spearhead with two loops on the socket [El.B 31/1/2007]

Geographical reference

Ireland, Republic of

Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of

"Ireland": ie Ireland or Northern Ireland (UK)

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Middle Bronze Age

Date collected

By 1874

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Bronze Metal, Process Ground

Dimensions

Width: max 69 mm, Length: max 209 mm, Weight 211 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.119.633 PR Cat other PR nos: 2270

Research and responses

Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object may have been obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

This object was looked at by Jim Lineen PhD (University College Cork) on 24 and 28 August 2015 [NC 28/08/2015]

Associated publications

Published in Allen, I.M., Britton, D., and Coghlan, H.H., 1970, 'Metallurgical Reports on British and Irish Bronze Age Implements in the Pitt Rivers Museum', Occasional Papers on Technology 10, Oxford University Press, Oxford. [CMP 09/08/2010] p 162 - Socketed spear head with side loops, blade angular in outline, upper part nearly straight sided with sharpened edges, lower part very slightly concave with blunt edges, midrib keeled with flanking ribs. Loops pointed oval in plan, concave in cross section. Surfaces quite well preserved, edges of upper part of blade ground in modern times [Drawing] [Metallographic examination and analysis provided] - Sn 5.2888%, Pb<0.02%, Sb<0.05%, Ni<0.01%, Bi<0.004%, Fe 0.0069%, Ag 0.029%, Mg<0.005%- Confirmed as a bronze [GB 25/5/2005]

Search terms: Weapon, Spear-head