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DAGGER
Unique ID: BERK-FB45B1
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy fragment of a Mid to Late Bronze-Age dagger or rapier. It consists of the hilt, with the remnants of two rivet holes, with a short length of the blade. On one side, the rivet holes are delineated by a circular cast ring, surrounding the holes. The surface has a dark green patina with brown staining. This dagger is perhaps typical of the Penard phase of the Bronze Age (1275 BC to c. 1140 BC). It is very similar to a Grp III rapier, or more likely, a dirk.
A similar item can be seen at - WMID-D54E37
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.46 mm
Width: 36.76 mm
Thickness: 2.61 mm
Weight: 13.83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 6th September 2013
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Segsbury Camp, Wantage, Oxon 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Wantage (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4083
Four figure Latitude: 51.54448457
Four figure longitude: -1.42458361
1:25K map: SU4083
1:10K map: SU48SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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