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RAPIER

Unique ID: DOR-2A928E

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A incomplete cast copper-alloy rapier. At the butt is a small, narrowed tang with a rounded end. It does not appear to be broken. The blade is expanded from the hilt with angled shoulders and tapers towards the bent and broken opposite end. It has a lenticular profile and a low mid-rib on both faces. It has possibly been deliberately broken in antiquity.
Date: Bronze Age c. 1600 - 1000 BC
Dimensions: 141.65 mm x 19.68 mm x 4.05 mm
Weight: 60.86 g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 141.65 mm
Width: 19.68 mm
Thickness: 4.05 mm
Weight: 60.89 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 019030

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Owermoigne (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY7684
Four figure Latitude: 50.65517882
Four figure longitude: -2.34087075
1:25K map: SY7684
1:10K map: SY74NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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