Object: Dirk/Dagger
Classification: Grooved
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Trumps Dee W., British Museum WG 1681.
Site: Tyne & Wear, Newcastle, Elswick, dredged up from R. Tyne near King's Meadows, Aug. 1882.
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Elswick
County: Tyne and Wear
Country: England
Grid reference: NZ 23 63
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 332
Width (mm): near hilt 73; blade 41
Thickness (mm): blade 7
Weight (g): 341.7
Patina: black stains on gloden bronze
Surface: specked
Description: Three rivets. Central rib & 4 smalle rones.
Publications: B.A.V. Trump. P.P.S. No 5, p. 98., 226
Remarks: Almost OK. Needs rivets., CI