Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge
Site: England,Thames,London,Hammersmith,R. Thames, between Hammersmith Bridget + Crab Tree,15 October 1862
Discovery context: river
Parish: Hammersmith
District: Hammersmith and Fulham
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1862
Length (mm): 538
Width (mm): 40 blade; hilt 47.5, 35
Thickness (mm): blade 7.5
Weight (g): 530
Patina: Dark shades of brown patina
Surface: Smooth but dull
Description: Blade is bent in 3 or 4 places. "Layton" is scratched on one side of blade
Publications: Prehistoric Bronzes, 146. No Catalogue.,Foster Bequest 237. The numbers do not correspond in the catalogue