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AN1836 p.122.40

Object types: dagger

Description: dagger blade of hammered copper

Materials: copper alloy

Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 3.7 cm [height x width]

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

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

Associated Places: Cornwall, England (find spot)

Associated Persons: William Borlase (excavator)

Acquisition: From the Old Collection.

Reference: 

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