sword
- Museum number
- 1871,1002.7
- Description
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Copper alloy sword. Light brown to green patina, surface corrosion over much of hilt. Five rivet holes in tang and ten in shoulder; none in situ. Blade cracked and slightly curved. Surface flaked and scratched.
- Dimensions
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Length: 686 millimetres (blade)
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Length: 268 millimetres (centre of gravity to shoulders)
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Length: 109 millimetres (hilt)
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Length: 290 millimetres (max width blade to tip)
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Length: 795 millimetres
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Weight: 942 grammes
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Thickness: 8 millimetres
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Width: 46.50 millimetres (max. blade)
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Width: 61 millimetres (shoulder)
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Width: 42.20 millimetres (terminal)
- Curator's comments
- Clewer type.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1871,1002.7