Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum , 70, 9, 2, 1, A.W. Franks gift  1870.
Site: England, Greater London, Thames, Battersea
Discovery context: river
Parish: Battersea
District: Wandsworth
County: Greater London
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ, 28, 76
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 463
Width (mm): See description
Thickness (mm): 5
Weight (g): 245.97
Patina: dark brown with lighter patches
Surface: fairly smooth
Other: lower left corner: "Not quite acc."
Associations: Near the bronze cauldron acquired in 1861
Description: Width as: "blade 22, hilt plate 76",  Two rivet holes.  Latest bent.  Hollowed edges + slight central rib at hilt end of blade