- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Iron sword blade
- Long description
- Sword blade, two edged and tapering with a narrow tang. Very corroded. [SM 09/01/2008]
- Geographical reference
- England
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1100-1200 Archaeological period: Medieval
- Date collected
- By 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 7 mm, Width: max 43 mm, Length: max 697 mm, Weight 317 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.121.15 PR Cat other PR nos: 1553 PR Cat other PR nos: 2575
- Research and responses
Note that 3 objects have been matched to the entries for 1553 and 4 which only mention 2 objects. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]
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