Sword blade, two edged with a broad point and a tang. [SM 09/01/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sword blade, two edged with a broad point and a tang. [SM 09/01/2008]
Long description: The blade edges are parallel [SM 09/01/2008]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland County Antrim Lough Ravel Crannog
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date
Date collected: 1864 Jan
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions: Width: max 38 mm, Length: max 429 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.121.19 PR Cat other PR nos: 2581
Research and responses: Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object could have been obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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