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Description: | A copper alloy blade fragment from a late Bronze Age sword, measuring 65mm in length, 31mm in width and 7.9mm thick. It is markedly curved longitudinally, probably as part of the fragmentation process. The cross section is lenticular. All the edges and the breaks are severly damaged and eroded, probably due to long standing presence within the plough soil. There are a number a linear relatively recent possible plough grazes on the blade faces. There are frequent corrosive invasion pock marks on both faces but mainly near to the blade edges. This fragment is patinated medium brown to dark brown/green with paler green invasive products in pocks and the linear grazes. This fragment was found in association with a blade fragment from a small socketed axe or chisel and it is likely that these two objects were originally part of a hoard.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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