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LOT 511
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,775
BRONZE AGE BRONZE EWART PARK TYPE SWORD
(1.03 Kg, 67.5 cm.).
(1.03 Kg, 67.5 cm.).
Circa 700-500 BC. A cast bronze sword of 'Ewart Park' type, with raised flanges on the everted hilt and a series of perforations to accommodate the organic components; the blade is decorated with an incised linear border; the ricasso rounded; the blade with prominent central ridge.
PROVENANCE:
Found near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England 1977.
LITERATURE:
See Moore, C.N. and Rowlands, M. Bronze Age Metalwork in Salisbury Museum, plate XIV for a similar example; see Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, pp. 273-288 for a number of similar examples and for discussion.
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AUCTIONS:
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