Record ID: LVPL1683 - BRONZE AGE dagger

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DAGGER

Unique ID: LVPL1683

Object type certainty: Certain

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Dagger/knife blade, tapering with incipient midrib almost the width of the blade, slightly damaged at handle end, to partial rivet holes. Only small amount of original surface remains.

Notes:

cf. example from Plymstock, Devon in British Museum, in Britton 1963 and Archaeological Journal 1869, PPS 1938.

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 1600 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 113 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 15.85 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: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: North West
County: Cheshire
District: Chester
To be known as: CHESHIRE BICKLEY

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Nick Herepath - [ view all attributed records]

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