Object: Dagger
Classification: Ogival
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Trump's 'Misc.', British Museum 82 5 18 6, presented 1882
Site: England, R. Thames
Discovery context: river
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 342
Width (mm): hilt 68; 70; blade 36
Thickness (mm): blade 7
Weight (g): 474.86
Patina: dark brown, with patches of bronze.
Surface: slightly encrusted.
Description: Ornamented with incised lines & dots. Dome shaped rivet & 2 small rivet holes. Point broken. Central thickening in blade & hollowed edges.
Publications: B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S. 1962, No. 5, p. 98, No. 207
Remarks: Inacc. drawing., Xrays available - see documented file, CI