Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16494[.1-2]: 'Sword blade fragments.'
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Author: maa

Context (Found together / assemblage)
According to 'Archaeological Notes', the spearhead fragment (1932.217), the shield boss (1932.218) and two sword fragments (Z 16494.1-2) were 'dredged from the Cam near Clayhithe' although they were 'not, of course, necessarily associated' (p. 167). While the spearhead fragment and shield boss were purchased for the museum, the 'sword fragments are temporarily on loan in the museum'. It is not clear who they were loaned from, or when they were gifted.
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
'Old labels attached by thread to both fragments show 'Car Dyke mouth' in ink manuscript.
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Author: maa

Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. and O'Reilly, Maureen M. (1933). 'Archaeological Notes'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 33. p. 167, Pl. VIII
Event Date 1933
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Lethbridge and O'Reilly note that the sword fragments 'evidently belong to two weapons of different periods': the hilt fragment being Anglo Saxon and the point fragment being being 'a weapon of the Viking period or to a foreign Teutonic blade of the early Migration period' (p. 167)
Event Date 1933
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Fragment appears to be pattern welded.
Event Date 8/10/2013
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a sword. Tip of the blade tapers to the point and has a pattern welded central band.
Event Date 8/12/2020
Author: Katrina Dring