Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8891 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age dirk or halberd |
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Summary
A Bronze Age dirk or halberd made of copper alloy.
Images - none
Location
Full description
Dirk with broad blade; 'raised portion in centre of blade faintly outlined'.
According to C.B. Burgess, from same mould as dirk from Missom Yorkshire (no others from same moulds identifiable).
See (S1), (S2) and (S3).
E.B. Green (NCM)
British Museum calls it a halberd blade.
E. Rose (NAU).
Subject to scientific analysis - see (S4) for results.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- CEREMONIAL OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- DIRK (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- HALBERD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 00 SE 14. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Kimberly. |
| <S1> | Monograph: 1920. Catalogue of Bronze Age Antiquities in the British Museum.. p 129. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Greenwell, W. 1902. On some rare forms of Bronze Weapons and Implements. Archaeologia. Vol 58 (Second Series) pp 1-16. pp 2-3; Fig 2. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: 1954. [unknown]. University of London Institute of Archaeology. Vol X, p 41,. p 41. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Needham, S. 1990. Middle Bronze Age Ceremonial Weapons: new finds from Oxborough, Norfolk and Essex/Kent. Antiquaries Journal. Vol LXX Pt II pp 239-252. pp 242-243. |
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