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Bronze Age copper alloy blade
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Alex Whitlock, 2012-04-16 13:23:30
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Bronze Age copper alloy blade
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English: Fragment of a copper alloy blade from a small sword or knife probably mid to late Bronze Age 1500 - 800BC as material of a similar date has previously been found in the vicinity. Such a small fragment is difficult to securely identify; it is possibly a Wilburton type from the Late Bronze Age or perhaps a riveted dagger or rapier. The fragment is roughly rectangular with a central ridge and two cutting edges both broken. The top and bottom edges are straight breaks, the patina suggests these are old. In cross section the piece has a central oval ridge from which it tapers in a straight line front and back to each side blade. . The length is 48mm, width is 26mm and thickness is 7mm. Other similar examples on the database are NMS-ABE0C3, SUSS-A6D3F4,<a href="http://database/artefacts/record/id/105284">ESS-9E4D12</a>.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lancashire
Date between 1500 BC and 800 BC
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FindID: 498391
Old ref: LANCUM-C0E445
Filename: baBlade.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/377650
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/377650/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/498391
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