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Description: | Unidentified object made from copper alloy. It is rectangular in cross-section, but otherwise hard to describe. There is one wider flatter end (16 x 3 mm), and then one long edge has a straight taper and the other is incurved. It becomes narrower and thicker, reaching 4.5 mm thick and 6 mm wide in the centre. The incurved edge continues its line, but gains a central longitudinal groove. The straight edge follows the line of the curved edge. The object continues to thicken to a maximum thickness of 10 mm, and the width increases to 9 mm; this almost square-section end has some possible iron staining. All of the edges are rounded or bevelled. It looks like a handle, possibly from a knife; the polished brown patina, with green corrosion beneath, suggests a Roman or pre-Roman date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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