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Collection Item: Sword
Basic info
Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Sword
Object category
Prehistoric
Object subcategory
Bronze Age
Description
Three rivet holes on shoulders. Blade fractured and repaired in four places but now in five pieces. Now mended, Leaf shaped two edge sword with low central keel at hilt, flatting on the blade. The sword has diamond shaped shoulders before the blade, there are three intect rivet holes on each shoulder of which the upper ones are blocked, there is also an intect rivet hole in the tang and evidence of one more on the broken portion, The edges have some notches but are in good condtion.
Production date start
-1000
Production date end
-700
Period
Prehistoric
Identification
Object number
YORYM : 1948.1168
Alternative number
1168/1948
Number of objects
1
ID
293
Physical Characteristics
Materials
Copper alloy (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole length 497.0 mm
Blade tip section length 101.0 mm
Blade tip section width 39.0 mm
Blade section 2 length 52.0 mm
Blade section 2 width 39.0 mm
Blade section 3 length 87.0 mm
Blade section3 width 32.0 mm
Blade section 4 length 99.0 mm
Blade section 4 width 26.0 mm
Blade mending length 14.0 mm
Blade hilt section length 78.0 mm
Blade tip back length 99.0 mm
Blade s2 back length 52.0 mm
Blade s3 back length 84.0 mm
Blade s4 back length 109.0 mm
Blade hilt back length 77.0 mm
Blade below shoulder width 33.0 mm
Shoulder A length 25.0 mm
Shoulder A break length 6.0 mm
Shouler B length 25.0 mm
Shoulders width 48.0 mm
Tang length 26.0 mm
Tang width 22.0 mm
Tang depth 3.5 mm
Partial rivet hole width 3.5 mm
Rivet hole 1 length 4.5 mm
Rivet hole 1 width 5.0 mm
Rivet hole 1 - edgeA width 9.0 mm
Rivet hole 1- edge B width 9.0 mm
Rivet hole 2 length 4.0 mm
Rivet hole 2 width 3.0 mm
Rivet hole 2 to edge width 2.0 mm
Rivet hole 3 length 3.0 mm
Rivet hole 3 width 3.0 mm
Rivet hole 3 to edge width 5.0 mm
Rivet hole 4 length 4.0 mm
Rivet hole 4 width 4.0 mm
Rivet hole 4to edge width 5.0 mm
Rivet hole 4 to edge width 9.0 mm
Rivet hole 5 length 4.0 mm
Rivet hole 5 width 3.0 mm
Rivet hole 5 to edge width 7.0 mm
Rivet hole 5 to edge width 10.0 mm
Rivet hole 6 length 4.0 mm
Rivet hole 6 width 4.0 mm
Rivet hole 6 to edge width 4.0 mm
Rivet hole 7 length 3.0 mm
Rivet hole 7 width 3.0 mm
Rivet hole 7 to edge width 3.0 mm
RH1-RH2 length 24.0 mm
RH2-RH3 length 7.0 mm
RH3-RH4 length 5.0 mm
RH5-RH6 length 6.0 mm
RH6-RH7 length 7.0 mm
RH7-RH1 length 24.0 mm
RH2-RH7 width 18.0 mm
RH3-RH6 width 19.0 mm
RH4-RH5 width 27.0 mm
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