Object: Dirk
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 179 Murray Collection.
Site: Ireland,King's Co,Edenderry
Parish: Edenderry
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 85; 115
Width (mm): hilt plate 34; blade 18
Thickness (mm): blade 3.5
Weight (g): 28 & 37
Patina: dull brown patina of several shades.
Surface: fairly smooth
Description: Broken into. hilt plate injured & bent. 2 Rivet holes. Close to the break on each piece are 4 nicks made recently to hold the wire in place around a splint. The point half shows bevelling along the cutting edge, which forms a flattened midrib.