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Early Bronze Age bronze dagger
Part of a much damaged and corroded dagger, found as many fragments, all now joined. One side preserved. The two rivets shown in the illustration in the Museum's 'Bronze Age Catalogue' are no longer present; the rivets had undergone analysis (Lab.No.LN28R).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
23.195/1
Find Information
Site Name: Ffridd y Garreg Wen, Whitford
Grid Reference: SJ 135 759
Collection Method: excavation
Notes: Found in the secondary cremation of a young adult male, together with the items under accession numbers 23.195/3 and 23.195/5.
Acquisition
Donation, 2/5/1923
Measurements
length / mm:113.0
maximum width / mm:41.0
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:4.5
thickness / mm
weight / g:54.5
Material
copper alloy
Northover's composition group: D3 related metal
Location
In store
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