Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf Shaped Sword (Hallstadt tang cast on British blade)
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 71.10-3.1
Site: England,Kent,Chatham Reach,R. Medway
Parish: Chatham Reach
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 75 67
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 606
Width (mm): blade 21, 30, 37.75, 39, 32, 41; hilt 49, 20, 24, 17, 33.5
Thickness (mm): blade 6
Weight (g): 608.18
Patina: Chestnut brown on hilt and dull bronze.
Description: 5 rivet holes (2 are very small) and a small hole on right and a partially drilled one near it on reverse.  Edges and surface much eaten into. Hilt end damaged.
Publications: R.F. Jessup, 'Kent', 105, 253, Pl. V no. 5.
Remarks: Determination of J.D. Cowen, July 1957.,Drawing not quite accurate.,CI