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Description: | Bronze blade tip, probably from a dirk or rapier of uncertain type and probably of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c. 1500 - 900BC.The dirk is fragmentary and is represented by the tip only (with a surviving length of 53.3mm and a weight of 10.4g). The blade is of lozenge section at the break (where it has a width of 17.2mm and a thickness of 3.6mm) and there is the suggestion of a central rib on one face. One of the blade edges is straight and the other is convex, probably as a result of erosion or wear. There is slight distortion along the length of the fragment. The surface of the blade is heavily-pitted with a dark green patina.The blade would appear to be a little too substantial for a dagger, while being too slight for a sword.
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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