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Drawings Bronze Age swords from Co. Tipperary

Object number

LDSAL2020.38.164

Production date

Mid 19th century

Material

Paper
Wash
Brush

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 820mm
Width: 560mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Weapons found near Tiperary [sic] in Ireland: They are of a mixed metal of the colour of gold even when broken; and are of the size they are drawn. The handles were of a material that is perished; and were fixed into the part marked A. of which there are different views. These arms are in the possession of Councillor Harris in Dublin.

References

Reference (free text)

Michael Herity, 'Early Finds of Irish Antiquities from the Minute Books of the Society of Antiquaries of London', Antiquaries Journal 49 (1969): 1-21. Illustration, pl. IX, between pp. 16 and 17. P. 10 refers to the purse-shaped chape, which is described in Rev Armstrong's catalogue of objects from the Bog of Cullen.