Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge
Site: England, Surrey, Egham, Runnymeade Island (R. Thames)
Discovery context: river
Parish: Egham
County: Surrey
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 401
Width (mm): blade 20; hilt plate 45
Thickness (mm): 5.5
Weight (g): 182
Patina: dark brown patina encrusted in places with chalky white & buff
Surface: rough especially about the hilt.
Description: Broken where there was a bubble in casting. Broad plattened midrib. 2 notches for rivets.
Publications: Prehistoric Bronzes 137, Foster Bequest 233