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Description: | A fragment from a rapier of Middle Bronze Age date. The object consists of the butt end and the blade which is broken. All of the edges have been abraded and broken to a greater or lesser extent. The attachment end is broadly curved. It expands from this point to shoulders that reach a maximum width of 32.45mm. Above one of these shoulders is a removal. From this wide point the blade narrows gradually, still narrowing at the break, though increasingly less steeply. The edges of the blade are bevelled on both sides; the cross-section at the break has a broadly oval appearance. Where it survives the metal has a mid-green patina, which blackens towards the blade. There are large areas where the patina has been lost to corrosion. The artefact probably belongs to the Penard metalworking phase.
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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