Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology, Cambridge.,No. 189 Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Kings Co.,Edenderry
Parish: Edenderry
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 447
Width (mm): hilt plate 43; blade 33.5
Thickness (mm): 7
Weight (g): 502
Patina: Dark green patina and some pale green. A large patch of rust colour near the point and some black.
Surface: Smooth in patches and rough and corroded in other parts.
Description: Deeply flanged "fish tail" hilt plate which is half broken off. 2 Rivet holes, bevelled cutting edge. Blade has been broken and soldered at almost the widest part of the blade. Point is missing.