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DAGGER
Unique ID: HAMP-C13678
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A near-complete copper alloy Wessex dagger dating from the Early Bronze Age (c. 1600-1400 BC), of EBAIII Arreton (Camerton-Snowshill) type (following Gerloff 1975) or Series 5D (following Needham 2015), and of Needham's (1996) Period 4-5. The blade is 128.8mm in length and tapers with ogival sides to a point from a 47.3mm width rear end which has two rivet holes. The blade has lenticular cross section and is decorated with two sets of four parallel grooves which run along each edge of the blade on both sides, following the line of the taper and merging at the point. The blade edges are bevelled. The midrib merges seamlessly into the profile of the blade. The tip is slightly bent.
Notes:
Camerton-Snowshill daggers are generally deposited within burials with a largely Wiltshire and Dorset distribution and have a date range that is believed to span the Early to Middle Bronze Age transition.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: Camerton-Snowshill (Series 5D)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1600 BC
Date to: Circa 1400 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 128.8 mm
Width: 47.3 mm
Thickness: 4.8 mm
Weight: 68.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th March 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
Parish or ward: Harting (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7619
Four figure Latitude: 50.9654178
Four figure longitude: -0.91910565
1:25K map: SU7619
1:10K map: SU71NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerloff, S. | 1975 | The early Bronze Age daggers in Great Britain, and a reconsideration of the Wessex culture | Mu?nchen | Beck | |||
| Needham, S.P. | 2015 | Appendix I: A revised classification and chronology for Daggers and Knives | Oxford | Oxbow Books |
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