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RAPIER
Unique ID: BH-7698C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy blade from a Middle Bronze Age dirk or rapier.
The piece has been broken off at both ends (in antiquity) and is of lenticular cross section, tapering towards the bottom. The upper third has a longitudinal curve.
Length: 36.2mm; width: 16.7mm; thickness: 4.2mm. Weight: 10.61g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 1150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.2 mm
Width: 16.7 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 10.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/47 - 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Standon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL4123
Four figure Latitude: 51.88773125
Four figure longitude: 0.04739586
1:25K map: TL4123
1:10K map: TL42SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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