Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 92.9-1.305
Site: England,Dorsetshire,Cranborne,1855
Parish: Cranborne
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 05 13
Year of discovery: 1855
Length (mm): 582
Width (mm): blade 41, 38, 32, 40; hilt 39, 49, 25, 27, 21, 36
Thickness (mm): blade 7
Weight (g): 710.98
Patina: Bright green patina showing a good deal of golden bronze.
Surface: Rough
Description: 6 rivet holes. Edges damaged. Point broken off.
Publications: Payne, 1892, cat. no. 72.
Remarks: Drawing not quite accurate.,CI