Spears and Lances

This category includes shafted thrusting devices and the associated equipment.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
13586	31-17-223	(none)	(none)	Copper Dagger. Portion of tang missing. Type I.
14295	31-17-222	(none)	(none)	Copper spear. Flat blade with slight rib running vertically down centre. Tang rectangular in section. Type 2. [drawing]
12488B	30-12-345.2	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Copper spearheads. Poker type. To each is attached a blade of thin metal which went round the wood of the shaft and with each goes a disk of copper, concave from the butt end of the shaft. Type VI.
12488A	30-12-345.1	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Copper spearheads. Poker type. To each is attached a blade of thin metal which went round the wood of the shaft and with each goes a disk of copper, concave from the butt end of the shaft. Type VI.
11750D	30-12-344	(none)	(none)	Group. Copper weapons. (A) Harpoon: type VIII. (B-C) 2 arrowheads (D) Copper drill (?) square in section with short tang. NB: the harpoon & 2 arrows (of this type) would seen to form a rectangular set: cf. PG 1078.
12208	30-12-343	(none)	(none)	Copper spear. Type II. B. [additional apparently unrelated notes and drawings on back of card]
12252	30-12-342	(none)	(none)	Copper Spear. Poker type. Type I A.
12103	30-12-341	(none)	(none)	Spearhead. Copper, poker type. Type I.
12605	30-12-340	(none)	(none)	Copper spearhead. Type (knives) [Type IIe has been crossed out]
12323	30-12-263	(none)	(none)	Copper spear. Broken in 3 places. Type VI. A.
1361	(none)	1924,0920.233	(none)	Bronze implemenet. Like a nail with 2 barbs or flanges. [drawing 1:1]
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.402	(none)	(none)
7526F	(none)	1928,1009.268	(none)	[A-F] 6 arrowheads. Iron. Parts of wooden shaft remain. Late Kassite or Assyrian? Found with 2 silver earrings and pot type CXLIX.
7925	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spear butt end? Copper. Complete but broken at top and mended. Rectangluar in section tapering to a point at one end. The other end tapers to a flat rounded edge convenient for fixint into a wooden shaft. [drawing 1:10] [type] 1(new)
7926	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lance head. Copper. Flat blade with slight rib in middle. Metal shaft at blade end is rounded and has a raised band 15mm from the end of the blade. Beyond the raised band the metal shaft is rectangular in section and tapers to a flat rounded edge for fixing into a wooden shaft. [drawing] Type VI (new)
7930	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spear. Copper. Rectangular in section. Pointed top. Blackened by fire. Burnt wood adhering. Same type as U.7925, VI.
8108	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spear blade? or dagger. Copper. Curved. Thin sheet copper. Two rivets on one side and 3 rivets on the other side of short metal shaft. Traces of wood from the handle adhering to the rivets. [drawing 1:4]
U8124	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spear. Copper. Rectangular in section. Common type - poker type. Imprint of reed matting adhering to tang. [type VI]
8139	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spear or dagger. Copper. Central rib. Flat blade. Long tang with raised band in the middle. Tang mended in section. [drawing 1:4] Tip missing. [Type] VI
8208	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper spearhead. Straight sided with central rib and solid tang. Type 4 (new)
8234	(none)	(none)	B16962	Copper spearhead or butt? Long rod rectangular in section, the tang slightly smaller in diameter, the shaft tapering to a stout point. [type] VI.
8235	(none)	1928,1009.234	(none)	Copper spearhead (or butt?) The blade is a spike, rectangular in section, developing in the last 4 centimeters into a round hollow socket 30mm loop and 18mm in diameter (internal). [drawing]
8236	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper lance head. Barbed and socketed. [drawing] [type] VII. A. [drawn]
8457A	(none)	1928,1009.280	(none)	[A-E] 5 copper arrowheads. Thin flat blades with elongated tangs. Tip of one missing and rest complete. One broken and mended [drawing] 1:1
8457B	(none)	1928,1009.281	(none)	[A-E] 5 copper arrowheads. Thin flat blades with elongated tangs. Tip of one missing and rest complete. One broken and mended. [drawing 1:1]