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Description: | An incomplete and bent copper alloy Late Bronze Age sword blade, possibly an Ewart Park type sword dating from c. 950-800 BC.The blade is a lentoid (pointed oval) in section and has a very diffuse midrib narrowing smoothly from the centre of the blade and the bevelled cutting edges. The blade thins and narrows very gradually. Although there is evidence of post-depositional damage to the sword blade, it is bent sharply. Although this could also be post-depositional, it may also represent the 'ritual killing' of the object, a practice seen with these objects during this period. The breaks at either end of the object are old, and it has a dark brown-green patina.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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