File:285 arrowhead ventral (FindID 78363).jpg

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285 arrowhead ventral.JPG
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2004-11-29 14:26:12
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285 arrowhead ventral.JPG
Description
English: Leaf-shaped arrowhead
 Neolithic 
Length 34mm, width 18mm, thickness 3.5mm

The end where the shaft of the arrow would be attached is pointed. Flaking scars extend to the centre of the arrowhead from both edges on both the dorsal and ventral sides, the blades have been finished buy using opposing pressure flaking. The sides gently slope inwards from an expanded waist towards the tip, which is missing.

Dark blue patina with very frequent off white/creamy speckles.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date NEOLITHIC
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FindID: 78363
Old ref: GLO-3CCE82
Filename: 285 arrowhead ventral.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/44331
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/44331/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/78363
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current06:24, 2 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 06:24, 2 February 2017749 × 601 (106 KB) (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, GLO, FindID: 78363, neolithic, page 2143, batch direction-asc count 18640