NHER 10612 (Find Spot record) - Bronze age metal find

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Summary

A Bronze Age decorated copper alloy dagger was found in the early 20th century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish DITCHINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Decorated socketed bronze dagger. 146mm long. Blade broken and soldered together.
Socket 24 x 14mm.Punched decoration on socket.
It was in NCM, but was stolen in 1946.
See (S1). Scale drawing (S3), copy in the Illustration Library.

R.R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Ditchingham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 SW 25.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: 1931. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol VI Pt IV p 385.
  • <S2> Illustration: Unknown. 1946. Drawing of a Bronze Age decorated copper alloy dagger.. Film. 1:1.
  • <S3> Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
  • DAGGER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2016 2:48PM

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