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AN1836 p.122.39

Object Types:&Nbsp; : dirk

Description:&Nbsp; : dirk with central midrib; two rivet holes, one damaged

Materials:&Nbsp; : copper alloy

Dimensions:&Nbsp; : 20.7 cm x 3.1 cm [height x width]

Date:&Nbsp; : Middle Bronze Age (Britain) (c. 1500 - 1150 cal.BC)

Period:&Nbsp; : Bronze Age (Britain) (c. 2500 - c. 800 cal. BC)

Associated Places:&Nbsp; : St. Ewe, Cornwall, England (find spot)

Associated Persons:&Nbsp; : William Borlase (excavator)

Acquisition:&Nbsp; : Presented by the Rev. W. Borlase, 1770.

Current Location:&Nbsp; : on display in Gallery 8 (Ark to Ashmolean) ,Lower ground floor

Reference:&Nbsp; :

  • Rev. W. Borlase, Antiquities of Cornwall, pp. 281