NHER 2540 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age rapier and human jaw
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Around 1960. Stray Find.
Found after ploughing to 18 inches [45cm]:
1 Bronze Age copper alloy rapier, unfinished.
Human lower jaw found nearby.
Seen by B. Green (NCM) and T.H. Mck. Clough (NCM).
See drawings (S1)-(S3).
Subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1994.12.8).
Information from (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 May 2018.
This is the ceremonial rapier from Methwold noted in (S5). The Methwold rapier was itself subsequently subject to composition analysis, the results of which indicated that it was unlikely to have originated from the same stock of metal as the objects discussed in (S5). See report and correspondence in file for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 July 2016.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81330 Illustration: Clough, T. 1960. Sketch of an unfinished Bronze Age copper alloy rapier. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF91784 Illustration: Curtis, F. 1969. Drawings of two Bronze Age copper alloy rapiers (one complete) and a Bronze Age copper alloy dagger. Paper. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF91783 Illustration: Robins, P. 1991. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy rapier. Paper. 1:1.
- <S4> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Methwold.
- <S5> SNF7216 Article in Serial: Needham, S. 1990. Middle Bronze Age Ceremonial Weapons: new finds from Oxborough, Norfolk and Essex/Kent. Antiquaries Journal. Vol LXX Pt II pp 239-252. p 251.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 24 2018 11:07AM