Object: Dirk
Classification: trapezoidal plate
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,1836, p. 122, No. 41,Given by Rev. F. Jenkings, Magd Collection 1820
Site: England,Oxfordshire (Berkshire),Ashbury,The Downs near Ashdown Park,1839
Parish: Ashbury
County: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1830
Length (mm): 171
Width (mm): 55.5
Thickness (mm): 5.5
Weight (g): 91.71
Patina: Blue-green patina.
Description: Two rivet holes broken out and butt end imperfect at sides. Two incised lines running along 3/4 of the blade parallel to and 3 1/2mm-6 1/2mm from edge.
Publications: B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S., 1962, No. 5, p. 95, No. 1
Remarks: Trump's I,On old label: "Digged up on the Downs near Ashdown Park, Berkshire, 1830, presented by Rev. F. Jenkins Magd. Collection 1830"