Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,G. Smith, Esq.,1923,Reading Mus. S 259:45
Site: England,Berks,Burghfield,From Kennett,2 pieces found separately (dredged) 10 days apart,25/2/1892
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Burghfield
District: West Berkshire
County: West Berkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1892
Length (mm): 580
Width (mm): hilt 46, 34; blade 41
Thickness (mm): blade 5
Weight (g): 496.12
Surface: ronze metal colour, black stained nearly all over.
Description: 4 rivets still remain - held in position by mud in long rivet holes. Broken in two pieces & clumsily mended