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Description: | Incomplete and broken cast copper alloy dagger of middle Bronze Age date. The dagger, which is in two parts, has a single mid-rib running the length of the blade flanked by a line of three slight ridges to either side forming part of the bevelled edge of the blade. The lower slopes of the central mid-rib are decorated with impressed points arranged in approximately four lines but the centre of the mid rib is undecorated. Although considerably worn the traces of two circular rivet holes can still be seen at the butt of the blade. The surface of the blade is pitted.The middle Bronze Age period is dated 1500-1150 BC.
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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