Object: Sword
Classification: Nordic
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum.
Site: England,said to be: "R. Thames,London,Wapping"
Discovery context: river
Parish: Wapping
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 616
Width (mm): shoulders 53
Thickness (mm): blade 9
Patina: green
Surface: rough with a series of small round [...]-like protuberances.
Description: Bronze sword of Danish type (c. 13th cent. B.C.) with grip decorated with 4 running spirals, flanked with cross hatched metal & deep grooves. (See sketch). On the blade are traces of incised linear ornament. Broken into 4 fragments. Ornament on top of pommel.
Remarks: Seen by G.F. Lawrence, who pronounces that the patina is NOT that of an implement from the Thames.