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sword
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Object type
Museum number
1867,0720.1
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Description
Iron sword with short, broad blade with mid-rib and row of punched ring-and-dots on tang; triangular rib on either face of blade at tang end; edges very corroded.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 5thC-9thC (?)
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Findspot
- Found/Acquired: Dunminning
- (Europe,United Kingdom,Northern Ireland,County Antrim,Dunminning)
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Materials
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Length: 47.2 centimetres
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Curator's comments
Similar swords have been classified as 'sub-Roman' type in Rynne, E., 1981. A classification of pre-Viking Irish iron swords. In: Duignan, M. V. and Scott, B. G. (eds.), Studies on early Ireland: essays in honour of M. V. Duignan. Dublin: Association of Young Irish Archaeologists, pp. 93-97, esp. p. 95 and Fig. 1
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Location
On display: G41/dc16/sC
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1867
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Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
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Registration number
1867,0720.1
Iron sword with short, broad blade and row of punched ring-and-dots on tang; triangular rib on either face of blade; edges very corroded.
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