Object: Short Dirk
Classification: Trapezoidal Plate
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: July 2, 1935, Thames Conservency to go later to Reading Museum,Now in Reading Museum
Site: England,Berkshire,Windsor,Dredged from R. Thames at Old Windsor below Victoria Bridge, by dredger working in 8' of water.,June-July, 1935
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Windsor
District: Windsor And Maidenhead
County: Windsor And Maidenhead
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1935
Length (mm): 275
Width (mm): 30
Thickness (mm): 4
Weight (g): 71
Patina: Traces of a dark 'flaky' patina down the centre, with grass-green patina round the edge. On the edges themselves, and on the mid rib near the point, are traves of tone bronze colour. There are also traces of a rust colour, and a white lumpy encrustment.
Surface: Smooth generally with 'lumps' where white encrustment occurs.
Description: Metal very rough all the way round the edges. The section is nearly flat near the hilt, the mid-rib becoming more and more pronounced towards the point.
Publications: B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S. 1926, No. 5, p. 95, 6
Remarks: Trump's III Lisburn