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Bronze Age Sword Section
Bronze Age Sword Section
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Description
Circa 1200-800 B.C. Fragment from the blade of a two-edged slashing sword, lentoid in section and parallel sided. See Trump, B.A.V., The Origin and Development of British Middle Bronze Age Rapiers, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, Vol. XXVIII, 1962, for discussion. 155 grams, 12.2 cm (4 3/4 in.).

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

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Bronze Age Sword Section

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