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DAGGER
Unique ID: LVPL-F76934
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and damaged copper alloy dagger dating from the Early Bronze Age (c. 1700-c. 1500 BC). It is probably of Camerton-Snowshill type. In plan, it has an ogival-shaped outline and a central mid-rib on both faces. On either side of the wide midrib are three grooves, slightly tapering towards the tip of the dagger (now missing). In cross-section the dagger is flat lozenge-shaped. The blade was attached to the hilt by means of two large rivets, now missing. The metal between the two rivet holes is slightly bent and folded over. The edges on each side are damaged and ragged; the rivet holes are incomplete and extremely worn. Similar, complete, examples are known from graves and hoards, including those from the Arreton Down hoard; Collingwood Ducis: barrow G4; Chippenham: barrow 1; Snowshill: barrow G.5; the Stanton Harcourt burial; Wilsford: barrow G.56 and the Ebnal hoard (Gerloff 1975: plates 15-19).
Ref: Gerloff, S, 1975, The Early Bronze Age Daggers in Great Britain and a Reconsideration of the Wessex Culture (C.H.Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, München).
A similar find was recorded under IOW-BD52F2
Class: Camerton-Snowshill
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 1700 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 67 mm
Width: 30.47 mm
Thickness: 5.28 mm
Weight: 37.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th August 2015 - Tuesday 2nd August 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 0417
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Halkyn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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