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2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item B.5 sword hilt
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Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Laura McLean, 2012-05-16 16:55:03
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2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item B.5 sword hilt
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English: BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: item B.5: Sword - Vollgriffschwerter 'metal hilted sword'

Cast copper alloy metal hilted sword or 'vollgriffschwerter'fragment.

The fragment is socketed, and is trapezoid in plan, formed of a cast piece of metal with a 'u' shaped opening extending from the base of the trapezoid. There is a cast collar around the shortest edge of the trapezoid. There is metal inserted into the socket, which is circular in cross section towards the apex of the trapezoid and flattens out at the base of the trapezoid to form a lozenge shaped cross section, with a central circular rib and two triangular wings.

It is 56.48mm long, 29.42mm wide across the base with the 'u' shaped opening being 27.06mm wide. It is 17.81mm wide at the apex of the trapezoid and 9.36mm thick. It weighs 78.28 grams.

The fragment is believed to be continental in origin. Steve Matthews (pers. Com) has commented that the restricted width of the hilt suggests that it is not a Hallstatt antenna sword, as these are usually are much wider. The 'collar' is common on late Urnfield swords with metal hilts, however, the example from the Burnham Hoard has horizontal ends at the bottom of the hilt, set with a right angle with the interior opening (the 'O' or omega shape). On almost every example Steve Matthews has seen, the hilts have had pointed tips on the inside with the ends often being set diagonally. It is highly likely that this item is a unique find for Britain, and there is no exact continental parallel known at this time.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 503447
Old ref: ESS-3CD836
Filename: 2010T509 sword B.5.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/381671
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/381671/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/503447
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