sword

Reference Name LCNCC : 1906.9711

Late Iron Age iron sword in copper alloy scabbard, blade has corroded away inside the scabbard leaving the projecting shoulder and tang as the only metallic parts remaining, the scabbard is made in two parts bound at the edges by narrow strips and strengthened at the upper end by three cast bands, between and below these bands the scabbard is decorated in curvilinear manner with symetrically placed dots perhaps imitating rivets, on back is a loop for suspension

Physical Dimensions:

• length: 880 mm
• width: mm
• height: mm
• diameter: mm

Material: iron

Condition: good

Quantity: 1

Completeness: 75 %

Period: Iron Age

Period: 1st Century BC

Period: 1st Century AD

Place Name: Bardney Abbey

Place Name: River Witham

Place Name: Bardney

Place Name: Lincolnshire

Place Name: UK