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DAGGER
Unique ID: DOR-065301
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy dagger. The dagger is broadly triangular with a straight sides tapering to a rounded point. It is almost flat in cross section, with a defined, thinned edges leaving a low central rib on both faces. At the hilt end the remnant of a flared tang with a semi-circular hole on either side for missing rivets. Both faces have some raised and uneven corrosion products, particularly at the tang end.
Date: Early Bronze Age,- c.2150-c.1600 BC
Dimensions: 82.99 mm x 28.6 mm x 2.60 mm
Weight: 18.59 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2150 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 82.99 mm
Width: 28.6 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 18.59 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017830
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Weymouth and Portland (District)
To be known as: Upwey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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