IRON SPEAR-HEAD

VII-IX century
South-Eastern Europe

Conical split socket with hole for a nail. Narrow long blade with short shoulders, elongated (nearly flat) rhomb section. Part of the wooden shaft is preserved by the corrosion products inside. Small fragment at the base missing, otherwise intact, surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 12.8″ (32.5 cm).

See: Archeologia. Krim, Severo-Vostochnoye Prichernomor’ye i Zakavkaz’ye v epohu srednevekov’ya, Moscow, 2003, tbl.77 #15.