Object: Dirk
Classification: Trump's I
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Leicestershire Museum, given by the Literary & Philosophic Society in 1853
Site: England, Leicestershire, Leicester, Abby Meadow
Parish: Leicester
County: Leicestershire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 301
Width (mm): See Description
Thickness (mm): 5
Weight (g): 170
Description: Width as: "29 mm, 23.5 mm", Well preserved, purple patina over golden yellow, 2 large rivets, both present
Publications: Translations of the Leicestershire Literary & Philosophic Society ix (1853) pp. 25., Harrison W.J. Geology of Leichester + Rutland, p.  51., B.A.V. Trump P.P.S. 1962 No. 5 p. 96 (84)
Remarks: Found in excavating for the Flood Sewer in the Abby Meadow, at a depth of 12 feet