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Description: | An largely complete iron knife or cleaver from the Iron Age or Roman period or later. The knife/cleaver is a maximum of 27.1cm long, a maximum of 5.3cm wide, and it weighs approximately 192g. The knife has a narrow blade with a convex cutting edge and a concave top edge. The handle, which is rectangular in section, is approximately 85.7mm long, and approximately 8mm thick. In profile, the handle has a slightly convave upper edge. The lower edge of the handle is formed by two curves which meet at the widest point in the middle, 19.9mm wide. There is a lozenge shaped terminal at the end of the handle. The internal length of the handle, between the blade and the lozenge shaped terminal, is approximately 79mm. The tip of the blade is missing, and the cutting edge is incomplete. The entire knife has an uneven, corroded surface, which has a variable brown colour.
The object is similar in form to cleaver type 1 identified by Manning in ??Catalogue of the Romano-British Iron Tools, Fittings and Weapons in the British Museum?? (1985, p.120 and fig 30). Manning (ibid.) states that this is an iron age type and if it continued into the Roman period it was only for a very short time. The finder has reported that the object was found within approximately 20 square yards of other Roman objects (e.g. see brooch reference WMID-A2B135 and steelyard weight reference WMID-A2E254), although there were also some other objects of less certain date within the same area (e.g. see object reference WMID-A29465). The knife/cleaver dates from the iron age or Roman period or possibly later. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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