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Description: | A cast copper-alloy rapier (or possibly dagger) of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1500-1150 BC.The rapier blade fragments are in two pieces that fit together and a third piece from the mid-blade, all with very abraded edges. The blade is sub-rectangular in plan and a pointed oval shape in section. One end of the blade fragment is thinner and slightly rounded in its breakage, suggesting that the surviving fragments are the base of the blade and upper handle/tang. Measurements for each section are:L=83.69mm; W=27.49mm; Th=5.14mm.L=45.68mm; W=24.49mm; Th=5.14mm.L=140.15mm; W=23.08mm; Th=5.51mm.
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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