Object: Dirk
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge,Presented by Rev. E. Venables with B.8 and a similar weapon, 83.163
Site: England,Berkshire,Cookham
Parish: Cookham
District: Windsor And Maidenhead
County: Windsor And Maidenhead
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 325
Width (mm): 74
Thickness (mm): 6
Weight (g): 230
Patina: Black patina with metal showing through.
Surface: Smooth. Slightly grained all over with corrosion.
Other: Width: blade 38mm; hilt plate 74mm
Description: High midrib & slight bevels. 4 rivet holes but no rivets. Four deep holes probably from bad casting.
Publications: Prehistoric Bronzes 124,Bronzes 13,Cambridge Antiquarian Society Catalogue, 167, 1884,B.A.V., Trump, P.P.S., 1962, No. 5, p. 95, 2
Remarks: Trumps II