Context (CMS Context)
Downham Fen Hoard. Collected in -/1/1859. Ref. Plate: Figure 1; Plate 8.2; No. 247; No. 8. Label in B.C.R. Register adds: "Found at Downham Norf Jan 1859 With the hook" and in ?different hand: "with the [?word unclear]" S-J Harknett 18/10/2004'
Event Date 18/11/1988
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Two rivet notches. Broad midrib. Plain
Event Date 18/11/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Burgess, C. and S. Gerloff. 1981. The Dirks and Rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland (Prähistorische Bronzefunde Abteilung IV, 7.Band). CH Beck: Munich. Catalogue No. 677, p. 84, pl. 87.677
Event Date 5/12/2016
Author: Ben Hinson

Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Fox, Cyril. 1923. Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge University Press. London. p. 56, pl. VIII no. 2B.
Event Date 5/12/2016
Author: Ben Hinson

Description (CMS Description)
After Burgess and Gerloff: Rapier with trapezoidal, almost triangular, notched butt, straight hilt-mark, and broad mid-rib.
Event Date 5/12/2016
Author: Ben Hinson

Context (CMS Context)
Written on the blade in black ink: 'DOWNHAM FEN'. A handwritten label attached to the hilt reads '83.164' in black ink.
Event Date 5/12/2016
Author: Ben Hinson

Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Trump, B.A.V. 1968. 'Fenland Rapiers' in Studies in Ancient Europe: Essays Presented to Stuart Piggott. Leicester: Leicester University Press. p. 224, Fig. 51.4
Event Date 5/12/2016
Author: Ben Hinson