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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman knife handle, very similar to more complete examples from Colchester (Crummy 1983, 110, fig 113, no 2938) and Verulamium (Waugh and Goodburn 1972, 124). It is rectangular in plan and cross-section and measures 33.39mm in surviving length, 17.14mm in width and 12.98mm in thickness.
The surviving fragment is the terminal of the handle end, it consists of a solid rounded terminal with rectangular cross-section with transverse mouldings across its sides. Below this there is a vertical rectangular panel with a central rectangular cut out, now filled on both faces with lead. Running through the middle of the cut out, between the lead, is the remains of the iron tang, now corroded.
The rest of the handle is missing but it probably had a horizontal cut out and below this an openwork scroll-like decorative element and a diagonal terminal from which the knife would have projected. | Subjects: | handle | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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