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Description: | Point, length 43mm, width 14mm, thickness 5mm. The artefact is a broken and only the tip remains. From the slightly rounded tip the sides gently expand outwards giving the impression that in its original form the artefact may have been long and slender. There is a riser on both the left and right side, thus giving it a rhombus shaped cross-section, this shape makes it more likely to be a fragment of a weapon, rather than a knife.
Similar styles of points are found on medieval arrowheads, together with roman and Anglo-Saxon spearheads, but because of the slender slope of the blades and arrowhead is perhaps the most likely explanation.
See
O Jessop, 1997, Medieval Arrowheads, Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 22
R Underwood, 1999, Anglo-Saxon Weapons and Warfare, Tempus.
I P Stephenson, 1999, Roman Infantry Equipment: The Late Empire, Tempus. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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