Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, P1989.1-6.1,Lindley, Mrs. M - private (1988)
Site: England,Essex or Kent,Unknown (see DF): Believed found by Mr. George Lindley, husband of Mrs. Lindley
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 488
Width (mm): 43
Thickness (mm): 7
Weight (g): 563.9
Surface: Fair amounts of light green lumpy corrosion - some pitted; approx. half of surface retains fair green patina; longitud. scratches modern.
Associations: Unknown
Description: Dimensions: L 488mm; Wbt 43mm; Wsh. 61.5mm; max T 7.0mm; max T bt. 3.7; max T bt. sides (at corner) 2.5; max T. bl sides 3.2; Wt. 563.9 g,Typology: simple lozenge section with flat faces; edges also totally flattened - very neatly,Manufacture: no attempt at creating rivet hoiles; very well trimmed and finished all over, including blunt edges.,Condition: tip [ladening?] - break copper-brown; slight profile bend in lower part of blade.,Attached Material: buff soil traces embedded
Remarks: PIF; DF(S); SN Dec. 88; Sb.A.