Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 186, Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Kings Co.,Ballykillen
Parish: Ballykillen
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 459
Width (mm): blade 35; hilt plate 50, 40.5; boss 36
Thickness (mm): 7.5; 11
Weight (g): 475
Patina: A little black or grey, but bright metal nearly all over.
Surface: Fairly smooth. Many shallow irregular lines on the blade near the point.
Description: High flat ridge which disappears towards the point. "Fish tail" hilt plate, flanged and grooved. 9 Rivet holes, one of which is filled up. Faint bevel round cutting edge. The wooden boss of the hilt pommel found with this sword, is of oval outline, and the convex face is decorated with 7 lateral flutings.