Oxborough Dirk

Oxborough Dirk
The Oxborough Dirk at the British Museum
MaterialBronze
Size70.9 cm (27.9 in) long
Weight2.36 kilograms (5.2 lb)
Created1450–1300 BC
Discovered1988
Near Oxborough, Norfolk
Present locationBritish Museum, London
Registration1994,1003.1

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]