Object: Rapier
Classification: Dirk Trapezoidal Plate
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge,Transferred from the Fitzwilliam Museum
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Burwell,Burwell Fen,1860
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Burwell
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1860
Length (mm): 307
Width (mm): 60
Thickness (mm): 4.5
Weight (g): 157
Patina: Dark brown and green patina and some metal showing through.
Surface: Rougher on one side than the other.
Other: Width: blade at section 28mm; hilt plate 60mm
Description: There is an inscription on the bevel: "Inventus Bruwell palustre. F.D. 1860. Dons dedit R. R. Fielder. Jes. Coll. Contab. Mus. Fitz. Gul." Midrib and bevels. 2 rivets. Slightly bent.
Publications: Prehistoric Bronzes, 125, No catalogue.,Bronzes 100. The numbers can be found in a catalogue called "Museum of Archaeology.",B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S., 1962, No. 5, No. 36
Remarks: Trump's II Chatteris ?