NHER 8891 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age dirk or halberd

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Summary

A Bronze Age dirk or halberd made of copper alloy.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Dirk with broad blade; 'raised portion in centre of blade faintly outlined'.
According to C.B. Burgess, from same mould as dirk from Missom Yorkshire (no others from same moulds identifiable).
See (S1), (S2) and (S3).
E.B. Green (NCM)

British Museum calls it a halberd blade.
E. Rose (NAU).

Subject to scientific analysis - see (S4) for results.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Kimberly.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 00 SE 14.
  • <S1> Monograph: 1920. Catalogue of Bronze Age Antiquities in the British Museum.. p 129.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Greenwell, W. 1902. On some rare forms of Bronze Weapons and Implements. Archaeologia. Vol 58 (Second Series) pp 1-16. pp 2-3; Fig 2.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: 1954. [unknown]. University of London Institute of Archaeology. Vol X, p 41,. p 41.
  • <S4> 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. pp 242-243.
  • CEREMONIAL OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • DIRK (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • HALBERD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 7 2016 10:18AM

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