Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Herts. County Museum, St. Albans,Lent by Capt. J. H. Ball, RAF
Site: England,London,Putney
Parish: Putney
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): hilt piece 313; point 194
Width (mm): hilt plate 51.5; blade 38; 40
Thickness (mm): blade 5
Weight (g): 368.2; 155.4
Patina: Thin patina of dark olive green
Surface: Smooth
Description: 2 rivet holes are filled & one nearly filled. Blade appears to have been burnt where broken and probably shortened. One piece still has a brass rivet & holes. The end of the hilt piece is a good deal filed at the fracture. The 2 pieces of blade have probably been mended with plates secured by rivets.