Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology, Cambridge,Robinson Collection, Foster Bequest
Site: Ireland
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 585
Width (mm): blade 38; hilt plate 49.5; 40.5
Thickness (mm): blade 7
Weight (g): 655
Patina: Dark brown and black patina with dull metal showing through slightly.
Surface: Smooth + shiny
Description: "Fish tail" hilt plate, six rivet holes, narrow waist. Bevelled round cutting edge. The latter slightly chipped. Very tru and even.
Publications: No. 239 Foster Bequest - a catalogue - but the numbers do not correspond with this.,No. 148 Prehistoric Bronzes - no catalogue (lost)