leaf arrow-head
- Museum number
- 1889,0704.52
- Description
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Flint leaf shaped arrow-head missing the tip on one end with one completely retouched face and another retouched partially, straight profile and lozenge cross-section .Pale redish-brown colour with redish-brown translucent patches.
- Production date
- 2700BC-2200BC (c.)
- Dimensions
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Length: 48.67 millimetres
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Weight: 4.60 grammes
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Thickness: 5.03 millimetres
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Width: 21.98 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Found inside house “f” or “Maison des fleches” where about one hundred flint arrowheads (1889,0704.50-56) were excavated as well as flint blades (1889,0704.40-50), bone awls, polished stone axes (1889,0704.62-63), diorite slabs, marine shells, a pierced ceramic object, ceramic vessels and fragments, four copper alloy awls (1889,0704.64), a copper alloy axe and copper ore pieces. Several of these objects are located in the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels. This structure had some traces of walls and was located above the area identified as "structure g" (Siret and Siret 1890 Plate 9: Plan I).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1889,0704.52