Record ID: DENO-D366D7
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper tanged dagger from the Copper Age/Beaker Period (c. 2500 - c. 2300 BC), missing its point and the end of its tang. The blade is broadly triangular and has a flat, pointed-oval cross-section. There is a ridge along the edge of the blade, where it was hammered to sharpen the edge. At the tang end the blade narrows sharply from 35.6 mm wide to 14.1 mm wide and then the tang projects from there and tapers gradually, measuring 11.4 mm wide at the break. The tang has a rectangular cross-section. Overall, the dagger measures 114.6 mm long, 35.6 mm wide and 6.7 mm thic…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.