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Description: | Late Middle Bronze Age cast copper alloy notched hilted rapier fragment, part of hilt and blade only. Narrow pointed oval shaped section to the blade, flat mid-rib. The points of the flared shoulders are damaged. There are opposing lateral rounded notches between the shoulder and the grip (rivet holes). The grip section is pointed oval in the middle then hollowed, then with slightly thickened edges (only one edge remains). The blade edges are damaged and the edge bevels are poorly defined. Length 69.5mm, width 38.3mm, thickness 6.4mm, weight 52.71g. Rowlands (1979 'The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking, BAR 31) dates this type of notched hilted rapier to the late Middle Bronze Age c.1100-800BC.
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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