Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sotheby's Sale, 19.11.24,684,Collection of W. J. Knowles, MRIA of Flixton Place, Ballymena
Site: Ireland,Co. Monaghan (?),Label: Glenish (near), in a bog, 1883, found by Patrick Magill
Discovery context: auction
County: County Monaghan
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1883
Length (mm): 592
Width (mm): hilt plate 58, 33; blade 43
Thickness (mm): blade 5.5
Patina: Slight remains of patina black + brown black colour.
Surface: Smooth. Pitted all over. Some green corrosion on hilt.
Description: Sharp edges. 3 rivets, B + C, + A which is broken in its hole. Blade broken and neatly repaired.