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DefinitionSpearhead or Arrowhead
MaterialIron
DimensionsHead, L. 41 mm, of lower barb 9 mm, total 5 cm. Lower section l. 22mm, diam. below 11 mm, above 7 mm. Upper point section, 11 mm, lower diam. 11 mm. Shaft, l. 6.8 cm., th. .4 x .5 cm.
DescriptionIron arrow head in two pieces - the head, and the attachment shaft or tang. The shaft is square in section. The head is configured in two segments: tapering up from its base above the half-way point, then capped with a secondary section, the sharply pointed traingular head which caps the projectile. Along one edge of the projectile point a long barb runs from the bottom of the upper point section, along the lower head, and down past the end of the whole point.
State of ConservationEncrusted, rusted, broken between head and shaft of tang.
ComparandaMitchell and Hansen 2001, Iron cat no. 68 (p. 371-2).

Context VM_2167
- Definitionrubble deposit to east of [2041] and [2042] and north of [2001]