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| Name: | A bronze, antennae pommelled sword from the river Witham in Lincoln |
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| HER Number: | MLI98145 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Summary
An antennae pommelled bronze sword found in the river Witham in 1826 in Lincoln
| Parish: | LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
A bronze sword found in the river Witham. The hilt is of bronze formed with two volutes resembling some discovered in northern Europe. Part of the collection of E. J. Willson. {1}
An antennae pommelled bronze sword found in the river Witham in 1826 below Lincoln. The sword is in Anwick Castle Museum. {2}{3}
<1> Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1848, Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute, p.xxviii (Bibliographic Reference). SLI816.
<2> P.J. Davey, 1973, 'Bronze Age Metalwork from Lincolnshire' in Archaeologia, vol.104, p.82, Fig.20.199 (Article in Serial). SLI274.
<3> A.J. White, 1979, Antiquities from the River Witham: Prehistoric and Roman, p.3 (Leaflet). SLI4482.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)
Associated Finds
- SWORD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic Reference: Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 1848. Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute. p.xxviii. |
| <2> | Article in Serial: P.J. Davey. 1973. 'Bronze Age Metalwork from Lincolnshire' in Archaeologia. vol.104, p.82, Fig.20.199. |
| <3> | Leaflet: A.J. White. 1979. Antiquities from the River Witham: Prehistoric and Roman. p.3. |
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