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Description: | A copper-alloy knife fitting of uncertain date. No parallel could be found for this piece which would appear to be part of a knife handle. The colour of the metal suggests an Iron Age or Roman date.
The socket into which the main part of the knife handle would have fitted is sub-oval and shallow. On the underside it tapers to a grooved collar before widening out into the blade socket. Close to the edge of the handle socket is a groove which is interrupted at one point by a rivet hole. On the underside of the blade socket is a tapering longitudinal groove containing iron corrosion from the now-missing blade. Iron corrosion, from the tang, is also visible on the upper surface of the handle socket. At each end of the upper surface of the blade socket there is a transverse groove.
The artefact measures 32.4mm long, 16.8mm wide and 16.4mm high. The weight is 24.35g. | Subjects: | Handle | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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