Record Details
NHER Number: | 2440 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Bronze Age rapier |
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Summary
A copper alloy Bronze Age rapier was deposited in a solicitor's office in Downham Market in the 1960s and may have come from the area.
Images - none
Location
Full description
Pre 1960s.
Rapier (copper alloy) Thetford Class (12th century BC). 395mm long 48.5 mm wide 4.5 mm thick at point 135.5 g weight.
Deposited in office of senders, owners unknown.
W. Milligan (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | 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. Downham Market. |
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