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Bronze sword, Long heavy blade, leaf-shaped and flenged at the edges. The sword is of the 'peaked' style, in reference to the way in which the ridge of the blade runs up onto the tang in a sharp point or peak.
History note: From a gravel pit at Badlingham, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire
Given by Miss Philippa Tharp in memory of her brother Flying / Officer John D.A. Tharp (1922-43)
Length: 69.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1947) by Tharp, Philippa, Miss
Bronze Age
Production date:
circa
900 BC
The general form of the sword is similar to several found in Cambridgeshire and Northants, notably at Wilburton (Cambridge) and Ewart Park (Northants).
Blade
composed of
bronze
Striking Point
Width 15.5 cm
Accession number: M.20-1947
Primary reference Number: 18809
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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