Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 187 Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Kings Co.,Edenderry
Parish: Edenderry
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 197, 224
Width (mm): hilt 33, 36.5; blade 38.5
Thickness (mm): blade at hilt 8.5; blade 6
Weight (g): 148
Patina: Dark brown and dark green patina and a bright corroded patch.
Surface: Smooth. Corroded about the hilt plate.
Description: High flat ridge defined on either side by wide shallow groove. "Fish tail" hilt plate, flanged and grooved. 4 rivet holes. The cutting edge is chipped about the point.