NHER 4918 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age rapier
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Summary
A Bronze Age copper alloy rapier with a very long narrow blade and three ribs was found.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Copper alloy rapier 66cm (25.8 inches) long. Very long narrow blade with three ribs, the two side ribs following the curve of the edges. Down each side runs a hollow bevel; hilt plate widely notched. The edges are much injured.
See (S1) and (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF6031 Publication: Evans. [unknown]. p.9 316.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Feltwell.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF1060 Serial: 1893. Cambridge University Reporter. p 4872.
- <S2> SNF6083 Publication: Fox, C. 1923. The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region: a topographical study of the Bronze, Early Iron, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon Ages, with an introductory note on the Neolithic Age. p 56; Pl VII.17.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Oct 3 2013 9:19AM