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Description: | A cast copper alloy knife or razor handle in the form of a three-dimensional lower right leg and foot, which probably dates from the Roman period. The foot appears to be wearing a moulded flat-soled Roman sandal and a woollen sock, which is incised with a faint herringbone pattern to show the texture of the material. The leg is hollow. Part of the corroded iron blade is still in situ in a vertical slot, 8mm long, cut through the centre of the top of the leg. The knife handle is 32.8mm in overall length and the foot measures 17.44mm by 6.68mm. The object weighs 9.81g. This knife handle is very similar, if a little more worn, to an example from Piercebridge, County Durham, which was featured in the 2004-5 Portable Antiquities Annual Report (2005, pp. 41-42, no. 53). | Subjects: | Handle | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Payne, Naomi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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