Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, WG 1240
Site: England,Greater London,Bromley,1873
Parish: Bromley
County: Greater London
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 40 69
Year of discovery: 1873
Length (mm): 632
Width (mm): 52
Edge (mm): 42
Thickness (mm): 8
Weight (g): 820
Patina: Dark green, showing a little golden bronze.
Surface: Rather pitted.
Other: Width: blade 41.5mm; 41mm; hilt 52mm; 21mm; 43mm,Thickness: blade 8mm,Weight: 819.56 gms
Associations: Found with another.
Description: 7 rivet holes, portions of rivets in 5 of them. Sharp edges a good deal chipped.
Publications: R.F. Jessup, "Kent", 105, 253, Pl. V. no. 6.
Remarks: Hilt section,Inacc. drawing.