Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London,Royal United Services Institution,Whitehall, SW,No. 581
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 414
Width (mm): blade 30.75, 46, 17.5; hilt plate 60, 29, 18
Thickness (mm): blade 7.25, 3.5, 3.75; at shoulders of blade + hilt plate 8.75
Weight (g): 442.52
Patina: Dark brown - with dark golden bronze showing.
Surface: Smooth but slightly pocked.
Description: This has been broken in the middle of blade + repaired. End of blade is slightly bent. Raised ribs near the edges, right along blade.