Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Trump's II Wandsworth, British Museum W.G. 1682.
Site: England, Tyne & Wear, Nr. Newcastle, R. Tyne
Discovery context: river
Country: England
Grid reference: NZ 24 64
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 391
Width (mm): blade 27; hilt plate 62
Thickness (mm): blade 5
Weight (g): 244.47
Patina: sage green showing golden bronze, with black patches.
Surface: smooth. Deep scratch near point.
Description: Three ribs down blade. slightly fluted. 2 rivets.
Publications: B.A.V. Trump. P.P.S. 1962 No. 5, p. 98, 219
Remarks: Almost OK. Needs rivets., CI