Object: Dirk/Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Burwell Fen,1861
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Burwell
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1861
Length (mm): 279
Width (mm): 18
Thickness (mm): 5
Weight (g): 77
Patina: Mostly black patches of Patina and a fair amount of metal with patches of green and black with touches of red.
Surface: Dull and fairly smooth.
Description: Straight blade. Hilt plate notched and same width as blade. Low midrib. Cutting edge very sharp.
Publications: Prehistoric Bronzes, 128, No catalogue.,Bronzes 17. The numbers can be found in a catalogue called "Museum of Archaeology".,Cambridge Antiquarian Society Catalogue, 166, 1884.