Object: Midrib Dagger
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sheffield Museum,J.93.442,Bateman Collection
Site: England,Staffordshire,Calton,Musdin Hill,In one of a group of barrows.,16 June 1849
Discovery context: barrow
Parish: Calton
County: Staffordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1849
Length (mm): 129
Width (mm): 66
Thickness (mm): 4
Patina: Light green patina
Surface: Malachite finish.
Other: Width:butt 66mm; blade 56mm
Associations: There were 12 skeletons in this barrow, but it was uncertain to which the dagger belonged.
Description: 3 rivets, rib down centre
Publications: Bateman, T.,Ten Years Digging, 148,Evans, J., Ancient Bronze Implements, 240, Fig. 300,Arch. xliii, 461,Fig. 162