Drawings Bronze Age swords & dress-fastener from Ireland
Object number
LDSAL2020.38.165
Production date
1786
Material
Paper
Ink
Pen
Ink
Pen
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 267mm
Width: 704mm
Width: 704mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
[text crossed out] Ancient Swords, found in the Bog of Cullen Com' Tipperary in Ireland, [text crossed out] from a Drawing by Gov. Pownall. *The above Sword had been broke, & soder'd at this Mark. NB. The Scale given & Size
Inscription content
ye rivets remain.
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See Minutes of the S.A.L. 3d Dec. 1772 & 16th Feb. 1774.
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A Mamillary of Gold, found on the Breast of an Idol there. A Section of the Mamillary.
Archæologia III. p. 355.
Archæologia III. p. 355.
References
Reference (free text)
Governor [Thomas] Pownall, 'An Account of Some Irish Antiquities', Archaeologia 3 (1786): 355-70.
Illustration (Engraving), pl. XIX, opp. p. 355.
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, fig. c, pl. III, between pp. 6 and 7.
