Object: Dagger
Classification: Ribbed Ogival Dagger
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,1927-2521, Evans Collection,(Litchfield Collection)
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,"Found not far from Cambridge" (Evans).
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 178
Width (mm): 53
Thickness (mm): 7
Weight (g): 120.55
Patina: Blackish patina.
Surface: Some pitting, especially near butt and rust especially near point.
Description: 3 Rivet holes, all broken out. Triple ribbing, ornamented with lines of fine punched dots and fine diagonal incisions along inner side of outer ribs (specimen of ornament shown on drawing).
Publications: Evans, Ancient Bronze Implements, pp. 243-4, Fig. 304.