Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Trump's III Barnes, Colchester Museum, Price Cat. No. 1873. Acton Collection No. 630.
Site: England, Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 357.5
Width (mm): hilt plate 32.5, 35, blade 18
Thickness (mm): blade 5.5
Weight (g): 169.19
Patina: Traces of blackish patina all over
Surface: smooth. Chiefly a black colour with golden bronze showing through.
Description: Well preserved. The heads of the 2 rivets are golden bronze colour.
Publications: same type as Evan's figs. 313.314., B.A.V. Trump. P.P.S. 1962 No. 5. p. 98., 243