Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology, Cambridge,from the Collection of W. Marlborough Prior of Western Stevenage, Herts.
Site: Site unknown
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 82
Width (mm): hilt plate 57, 29; blade 37
Thickness (mm): blade 13
Weight (g): 162
Surface: Smooth except for one patch which is bright green - a few green encrustations. Smooth part dull metal.
Description: High rounded mid-rib grooved on either side. Grooved at the bevel. Also 2 grooves leave the midrib grooves & expand towards 2 rivet holes (4 in all). There are 2 horn shaped plates on each face above the nicked shoulders which are ornamented with bordering dots. Parallel grooves connect the rivet holes.