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halberd
Object Type
halberd
Museum number
1854,0714.216
Description
Copper alloy halberd, asymmetrical blade with rounded hafting plate and straight, rounded midrib. Three rivet holes.
Cultures/periods
Early Bronze Age
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Derrinsalagh
Materials
copper alloy
Curator's comments
Harbison 1969a Single find. Bibliography: O Ríordáin, Archaeologia 86, 1937, 263 Fig. 46, 58.308 No. 58.
Cairn type
Bibliographic references
Harbison 1969a / The Daggers and the Halberds of the Early Bronze Age in Ireland
(152)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
T L Cooke
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1854,0714.216