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RAPIER
Unique ID: NLM-5360A5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy Middle Bronze Age Rapier/Dirk. The incomplete butt has notched sides and only one surviving incomplete rivet hole with a diameter of 2.9mm. Only a fragment of the tapering blade survives and is lozenge-shaped in cross-section with a slight rib running down the centre. The surviving length is 34.5mm, the width is 34.4mm, the thickness is 2.8mm and the weight is 10.95g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 1150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.5 mm
Width: 34.4 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 10.95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2006
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM10848
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Bigby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0508
Four figure Latitude: 53.55812828
Four figure longitude: -0.41635599
1:25K map: TA0508
1:10K map: TA00NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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