File:Bronze Age rapier (FindID 757512).jpg

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Bronze Age rapier
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Julie Shoemark, 2016-01-04 14:52:18
Title
Bronze Age rapier
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy Middle Bronze Age rapier or dirk dating to the period c.1500 - 900 BC. The butt exhibits a series of old breaks along the upper edge and measures 27.42mm in width. It then tapers inwards to form a C-shaped notch on either side which would have formed the attachment point for the missing handle at which point it measures 22.66mm in width. The sides them expand into the shoulders and a maximum width of 31.76mm before tapering into the blade. The blade is lenticular in cross-section with a slight mid-rib. It terminates in an old break at which point the blade is also bent, possibly deliberately. The object has a dark green patina and exhibits some pitting.

The rapier measures 77.26mm in length, 31.76mm maximum width, 15.54mm minimum width, 5.08mm maximum thickness, 1.91mm minimum thickness and weighs 44.46g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 1500 BC and 900 BC
Accession number
FindID: 757512
Old ref: SOM-EECC89
Filename: SOMEECC89.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/546793
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/546793/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/757512
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