Oxborough Dirk | |
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![]() The Oxborough Dirk at the British Museum | |
Material | Bronze |
Size | 70.9 cm (27.9 in) long |
Weight | 2.36 kilograms (5.2 lb) |
Created | 1450–1300 BC |
Discovered | 1988 Near Oxborough, Norfolk |
Present location | British Museum, London |
Registration | 1994,1003.1 |
The Oxborough Dirk is a large ceremonial weapon or dirk from the Middle Bronze Age. One of only six such objects across Europe, it was found in a rural part of the county of Norfolk, England in the 1980s and is now part of the British Museum's prehistoric collection.[1]