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Bronze Age rapier
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Richard Henry, 2015-10-13 16:19:05
Title
Bronze Age rapier
Description
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An incomplete and shortened cast copper alloy rapier dating from the earlier Late Bronze Age, that is c. 1100-900BC. The blade is lozengeform in cross section with two broadly triagnular knotches at the lower section of the blade. The balde tapers from the notches to the tip (3.95mm thick to 1.95mm thick)

The rapier fragment is 27.95mm in length, 14.85mm wide, 4.4mm thick and weighs 6.43 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 1100 BC and 900 BC
Accession number
FindID: 741639
Old ref: WILT-028175
Filename: WILT028175.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/536520
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/536520/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/741639
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 29 November 2020)
Object location51° 05′ 33.72″ N, 2° 00′ 56.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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