Prehistoric — Late Iron Age
Dagger
Slender iron dagger (La Tène III), with blade of exaggeratedly pointed triangular shape. It has an unusually flattened cross-section with bevelled edges. The handle springs from an arched hilt-guard and comprises a square-sectioned tang, the end of which has been flattened into a knob. No trace now survives of the organic hilt-plates. The dagger was bent into an 'S' shape when first found, but has since been straightened out. The bending of the blade may have been intended to despatch it to the spirit world. Found in the Thames at Putney in 1990, some 'eight yards from the east side of Putney Railway Bridge.'
- Category:
- Prehistoric
- Object ID:
- 91.166
- Object name:
- dagger
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- Artist/Maker:
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- Production date:
- Late Iron Age
- Material:
iron
- Measurements/duration:
- L 339 mm, W 41 mm, T 4 mm (overall)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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