Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: c/o Tom Clark, Weymouth
Site: England,Dorset,Weymouth,Dredged up from the Backwater
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Weymouth
County: Dorset
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Weight (g): 489
Patina: Dull gold colour.
Surface: Smooth & good condition.
Description: Convex shoulders, one with the lower part broken. Long slot in each shoulder, another in the hilt. Two holes at base of hilt. The edge at the top of blade slightly broken. Top of blade missing. Otherwise very good condition. With a well-formed and very slender blade.