Description (Labels & Markings)
Old handwritten label with blue border affixed to object reads in black ink: 'AUVERNIER. 14.3.82. W.K.F.'
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Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Analysis)
This type started in the Middle Bronze Age.
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Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Related Documents)
See card for sketch (1:1).
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
End of a sword with perforations for the rivets. Patina green brown.
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Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected on 14 March 1882.
Event Date 14/3/1882
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (References)
University of Cambridge, Museum of General and Local Archaeology. (1892). 'The Walter K. Foster Bequest. Catalogue of the Antiquities.'
Event Date 1892
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of copper alloy sword, possibly Hallstatt A. Base of blade and part of hilt present. Midrib on both faces. Flared, rounded shoulders with two rivet holes on either side of the rib. Green brown patina.
Event Date 17/4/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou