IRON SPEAR-HEAD

IX century
Khazarian Khaganate

Conical split socket with reinforced ring, with hole for a nail. Narrow long blade of rhomb section. Intact, surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 9.6″ (24.5 cm).

See: Archeologia. Krim, Severo-Vostochnoye Prichernomor’ye i Zakavkaz’ye v epohu srednevekov’ya, Moscow, 2003, tbl.89 #48.