Rapier Blades

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These three bronze rapier blades are part of a hoard containing around a dozen rapier blades found at Drumcoltran in Kirkcudbrightshire. They were buried sometime between 1500 and 1150 BC.

Bronze rapier blade with rounded wings, from Drumcoltran, Kirkcudbrightshire

Hoards consist of objects deposited in the ground at one time. Some contain objects of religious importance, buried without any intention of recovery. Others contain objects valued for commercial worth or status, deposited for safety.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-956-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DQ 320
• Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
  
• Material: Amber
  Amber
  Bronze
  Bronze
  Bronze
  Bronze
  Bronze
  Bronze
  Bronze; crescentic; flat
  Bronze; crescentic; flat
  Bronze; crescentic; flat
  Bronze; rounded wings; base showing two notches for rivets
  Bronze; thin; flat
  Bronze; thin; flat
  Copper alloy
  Glass
  Gold
  Quartzitic slate stone
  Sandstone
  Axe, socketed
  Bead
  Bead
  Bead
  Bead / portion
  Blade
  Blade
  Blade
  Bronze / portion
  Bronze / portion
  Chisel
  Gouge
  Hammer
  Polisher
  Rapier blade
  Rapier, blade
  Rapier, blade
  Sandstone / portion
  Spearhead
  
• Dimensions: 14.00" L
  18.20" L
  20.00" L
  
• What: Axe, socketed
  Bead
  Bead
  Bead
  Bead / portion
  Blade
  Blade
  Blade
  Bronze / portion
  Bronze / portion
  Chisel
  Gouge
  Hammer
  Polisher
  Rapier blade
  Rapier, blade
  Rapier, blade
  Sandstone / portion
  Spearhead
  
• Subject:
• Who:
• Where: Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkgunzeon, Drumcoltran
  Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkgunzeon, Drumcoltran
  Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkgunzeon, Drumcoltran
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
  
• Event:
• Description: Bronze socketed axe from Adabrock, Lewis
  Bronze gouge from Adabrock, Lewis
  Bronze chisel from Adabrock, Lewis
  Bronze spearhead from Adabrock, Lewis
  Copper alloy hammer from Adabrock, Lewis
  Crescentic flat bronze blade from Adabrock, Lewis
  Crescentic flat bronze blade from Adabrock, Lewis
  Crescentic flat bronze blade from Adabrock, Lewis
  Piece of thin flat bronze from Adabrock, Lewis
  Piece of thin flat bronze from Adabrock, Lewis
  Biconical gold bead from Adabrock, Lewis
  Amber bead from Adabrock, Lewis
  Amber bead from Adabrock, Lewis
  Half of a glass bead from Adabrock, Lewis
  Piece of sandstone from Adabrock, Lewis
  Polisher of quartzitic slate stone from Adabrock, Lewis
  Bronze rapier blade from Drumcoltran
  Bronze rapier blade from Drumcoltran
  
• References:
  • Coles, John M. Scottish Middle Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 97 (1963-1964). 
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