Spear head. Metal leaf-shaped, socketed blade, with two opposite triangular projections near the socket. Decorated with short incised lines in two rows that form a large `V’ shape on the flat blade just above the socket on each side. A series of diagonal lines forming a row of `V’s along the bottom of the socket.
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