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AN1836 p.122.39

Object types: dirk

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

Materials: copper alloy

Dimensions: 20.7 cm x 3.1 cm [height x width]

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

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

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

Associated Persons: William Borlase (excavator)

Acquisition: Presented by the Rev. W. Borlase, 1770.

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

Reference: 

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