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Description: | A fragment of a copper-alloy middle Bronze Age rapier or dirk, part of the trapezoidal butt with part of the blade with a flat mid rib survives. There are abrasive, cleaning and sharpening marks on the butt and others along and parallel to the edge bevels of the blade.
There are areas of surface encrustation on the blade, which may be the remains of a sheath or scabbard, though it is impossible to be sure.
There are traces of plae green corrosion on the butt break, which looks relatively recent. The other break appears more ancient and occurs where the blade, when viewed in profile, has been bent. There is one recent probable plough graze on one face. The rapier is patinated a medium to dark brown.
It measures 46mm in surviving length, 34.5mm in width and 4mm in thickness.
Dirks and rapiers with flat midribs date from the Renard phase at the end of the middle Bronze Age, circa 1300-1150 BC. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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