2nd millennium BC. A broad leaf-shaped blade with rounded shoulders and short tang, raised midrib with deep fuller and curved ends extending to the shoulders. See Branigan, K. Aegean Metalwork of the Early and Middle Bronze Age, Oxford, 1974, plate 8. 444 grams, 42.5cm (16 3/4"). Ex west country collection, formed 1970-1990s. Fine condition, cracked.