Spearhead

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This bronze spearhead was found at Burghead in Moray. It dates from between 950 and 750 BC.

The leaf-shaped spearhead is missing its point and is damaged at the mouth of the socket.

Offerings to the gods were often special material, treated in special ways or put in special places, such as water. Prestigious weapons are sometimes found broken, probably sacrificed as part of a ceremony we can only guess about.

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• Online ID: 000-100-188-138-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DG 59
• Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
  
• Material: Bronze
  
• Dimensions: 8.5" L
  
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• Where: Scotland, Moray, Burghead
  
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• Description: Bronze spearhead from Burghead, Moray
  
• References:
  • Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp 16-134, esp. p 79. 
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