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SWORD
Unique ID: LON-CCEF56
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Iron Age short sword with copper alloy scabbard elements dating from 100 BC - 43 AD. The sword is corroded and missing part of the tang. Parts of the scabbard remain. The chape frame is a type a2 lobed chape end. The scabbard was approximately mm long, represented by a copper alloy plate at the mouth a copper alloy chape; the main body of the scabbard may have been of an organic material either leather or wood. The short copper alloy front plate is mm wide and mm deep, with a low campanulate mouth (about mm) high. The reverse of the plate has a iron rivet. The mouth design has no chronological significance This sword falls into the short sword range ( 320-440mm) while daggers are shorter at (long daggers = 245-305mm).
Dimensions: (to come after conservation)
References: Stead I.M. 2006. British Iron Age Swords and Scabbards. British Museum
Class: Short sword with scabbard
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Wandsworth (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Thamesfield (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2475
Four figure Latitude: 51.46040223
Four figure longitude: -0.21650964
1:25K map: TQ2475
1:10K map: TQ27NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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