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Description: | A copper-alloy knife. It would be 68mm in length, if it was not bent upwards 12mm from its tip. The handle is rectangular in shape, 38mm in length and has a circular suspension loop at its terminal. The handle flares into the blade, the blade has a straight back, the cutting edge slopes up gently to end in a slightly rounded tip. The blade is 17mm wide at the point where it begins from the handle and the tip is 3mm wide. There are two parallels for this knife, one from Icklingham and the other with no definate findspot. Both of these parallels are Roman in date. They have a similar suspension loops but they are slightly larger, being c80mm in length, and have incised decoration on their handles. It is likely that this knife and its parallels are Roman toilet knifes, and due to their suspension loops were perhaps part of a set of toilet articles.
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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