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LOT 0301
'The Badgers Hill' British Bronze Age Dagger
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 in. (100 grams, 15.4 cm).
Long leaf-shaped blade, lentoid in section with two cutting edges and shallow tip; flared shoulders with recesses to accept mounting rivets.
Provenance
Found Badgers Hill, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK, in 1987.
Ex M. Hamblin collection, UK.
Recorded with Wardown Museum, Luton, UK.
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