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Bronze Age Sword (blade fragment)
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Isle of Wight Council, Frank Basford, 2010-08-16 09:21:40
Title
Bronze Age Sword (blade fragment)
Description
English: A cast copper-alloy blade fragment of probable Mid - Late Bronze Age (1500 BC-800 BC).

The blade is probably from either a sword, a dagger or possibly a dirk.

The object is trapezoidal in plan and lozenge-shaped in cross-section. The sides are corroded and both faces are largely covered in a matt khaki green patina. Bronze disease is active.

29.0 x 21.7 x 5.6mm. Weight; 11.02g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 1500 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 402950
Old ref: IOW-816837
Filename: IOW2010-2-384.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/293489
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/293489/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/402950
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