Object: Dirk
Classification: trapezoidal plate
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: 1927-2101,Borough of Newbury Museum,On loan from Ashmolean Museum,Ashmolean No. 1927-2701
Site: England,Berkshire,Between Theale & Thatcham
County: Berkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 165
Patina: Patina natural bronze. The dagger is in very good condition. No evidence of corrosion.
Composition: Bronze
Publications: Evans, A.B.I., 1881, 247.,B. Trump, P.P.S., 1962, No. 5, p. 95, No. 4.
Remarks: Trump's III Barnes,Dredged up from the Kennet and from Canal between Theale and Thetcham.