Object: Dagger
Classification: Ogival/Midrib
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,1836. p. 130, No. 253-5,Douglas Collection,Given by Sir. R. Colt Hoare, 1826
Site: England,Dorsetshire,Found in a barrow.
Discovery context: barrow
County: Dorset
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 85
Width (mm): 47
Thickness (mm): 8
Weight (g): 139.38
Other: Length: 85mm; 131mm,Width: 47mm; 30mm,Thickness: 9mm; 8mm
Associations: Found in a barrow.
Description: Decorated towards butt with wide central rib, 3 narrow ribs and one rather larger; midrib stops about on level of rivet hole. One face badly oxidised.
Publications: Douglas, Rev. James, Nenia Britannica, p. 150, pl. 33.
Remarks: Described in catalogue as: "253-255 Fragments of spear-heads from a barrow in Dorsetshire, Pl. 33, page 150."