Object: Sword
Classification: Hilt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester City Museum, 850.99,Previously in the possession successively of the late Mr. W. J. Andres and his widow the late Mrs. H. E. Tilling and bequeathed by her to the museum in 1955.
Site: Thames,Oxfordshire,Northstoke,From the Thames 1892
Discovery context: river
Parish: Northstoke
County: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 174.625
Width (mm): 41.21
Thickness (mm): 7.94
Weight (g): 170.097
Patina: Dark grey
Surface: Smooth but some gravel incrustation in places.
Other: Length: 6 7/8" = 174.625mm; Width: 1 15/16" = 41.2125mm; Thickness: 5/16" = 7.94mm; Weight: nearly 6 oz. = 170.097 gms
Description: Blade broken off 4 1/4" (107.95mm) below the hilt which has 4 rivets
Remarks: F.V. Lyall,Inacc.,See new index