DAGGER

Unique ID: LIN-E2FC68

Object type certainty: Certain

Fragment of a Bronze Age copper-alloy object, possibly the tang from a knife or dagger. The fragment is flat, rectangular and is broken across a circular rivet hole at one edge. The fragment has a dark brown patina and has come from a small area producing fragments of other Bronze Age material dating from the middle to late Bronze Age.

The fragment is very similar to knife or dagger found in Sudbrooke, Lincolnshire - LIN-01C457.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 1200 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 18 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.58 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: North Kesteven
To be known as: Sleaford area

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Monday 14th March 2011
    Updated: Monday 14th March 2011

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