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BRONZE AGE SWORD
Bronze Age cast copper alloy sword, probably from the Wilberton phase. . It is incomplete and in two pieces. There is a break across the blade, and part of the object is missing at the hilt end. There are six rivet holes, which would have been used to attach a handle. The cross section of the blade is unknown. The blade tapers in width before expaning out again becoming widest at aproximately two …
Subject
- archaeology - BRONZE AGE
Type of item
- SWORD
- Sword
Medium
- Copper alloy
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Creation date
- -1000
- -1000
Places
- United Kingdom; Essex; Epping Forest
Identifier
- ESS-7C59E2
Year
- -1000
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-04-19T11:29:47.951Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T16:23:29.495Z