DAGGERS. 



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No. of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



Br. 24. 



xviii. 



Br. 25. 



Br. 26. 



Barrow on Ridgeivay. (7 on map at the 

 other end of this case.} 



From the third interment. 



A good specimen retaining its three 

 rivets. y^in. long. 



Same Barrow. 



Fourth interment. 



An imperfect specimen, but very interest- 

 ing, because some little remnant of the 

 wooden (?) sheath is still sticking to it. 

 It also shows an impression of the handle's 

 edge, with the characteristic semi-circular 

 notch plainly seen. It retains three of its 

 four rivets. 



Same barrow and interment as 25. 



It retains five of its six rivets. 



Just below 25 and 26, found in the same 

 barrow, and probably belonging to one or 

 the other of these two weapons, are two 

 gold fittings, apparently of a dagger hilt.* 

 They are lettered A & B. One somewhat 

 like B is figured by Sir J. Evans (Bronze 

 Implements, Ed. i. p. 239). A. is almost 

 certainly the socket or pommel protecting 

 and ornamenting the butt end of the 

 hilt. Sir J. Evans (p. 227), says "the 

 lower end of the haft was often inserted 

 in a hollow pommel, usually of bone." 

 He does not seem to mention any made 

 of gold. 



With the 

 Cuimingtoii 

 Collection. 



Do. 



Do. 



Mr. Cuiiuiugtou does uot accept this opinion. 



