VIKING AGE IRON SPEAR-HEAD

IX-XI century

Narrow conical split socket. Long blade with short shoulders, forming an obtuse angle, lenticular in section. Part of the grain of the wooden shaft is preserved by the corrosion products inside. Fragment at the base missing, otherwise intact. Surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 10.4″ (26.3 cm).

See: Thunmark-Nylen L. Die Vikingerzeit Gotlands II, Stockholm, 1998, tafel 304, 248-2,3 242-5, 234-2