Object: Dagger
Classification: Trapezoidal Plate
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,1927.2701, Evans Collection,Given to Sir John Evans by W. Whitaker, F.G.S.
Site: England,Berkshire,Thatcham (near),"Dredge up from the Kennet and Avon Canal between Theale and Thatcham, Berkshire." (Evans)
Parish: Thatcham
County: Berkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 164
Width (mm): 29
Thickness (mm): 4
Weight (g): 43.83
Patina: Deep brown patina
Surface: Yellow-brown.
Description: Well-formed midrib. 2 round-headed rivets. 2 lateral notches at base of midrib in edges of hilt above rivets. Length of rivets 10mm; Diameter rivets 5mm.
Publications: Evans, Ancient Bronze Implements, pp. 247-8, Fig. 312.