Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Brentford Public Library,Layton Collection 01353,London Museum
Site: England,Thames,Middlesex,Brentford,Off "Old England" above Great Western Docks.,Bed of Thames,August 1864
Discovery context: river
Parish: Brentford
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1864
Length (mm): 711
Width (mm): blade 30.5; hilt plate 57, 31.5
Thickness (mm): blade 8, 11; hilt about 3mm thick
Patina: Bronze with black stains. Golden bronze shows.
Description: Good condition. 6 rivets - the heads are marked as shown. The hole at end of hilt is indicated, but not pierced. Hilt is flat + of even thickness.