File:Bronze Age Rapier (FindID 773314).jpg

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Bronze Age Rapier
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Frank Basford, 2016-03-14 10:05:58
Title
Bronze Age Rapier
Description
English: A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy rapier (1600 BC -1000 BC).

This fragment is the lower part of the blade and tip.

The blade is symmetrical in plan and is "triple arris" shaped on both faces almost throughout its length. However, the tip is lozenge-shaped in cross-section. The sides are parallel for about half its length then taper inwards nearer the base to form a rounded point. It has a uniform thickness throughout its length, except near the point where it tapers slightly. The blade edges are sharp.

This blade, including the transverse break, has a greenish brown patina and is slightly corroded in places. The three breaks forming notches on the edges are very recent and the transverse break may not be old.

Length: 95.2mm; width at break: 19.9mm; thickness at break: 3.6mm. Weight: 27.31g.

Compare with a complete rapier from the seabed off the Isle of Wight: IOW-D28401.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 1600 BC and 1001 BC
Accession number
FindID: 773314
Old ref: IOW-5BCA45
Filename: IOW2016287.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/558244
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/558244/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/773314
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