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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy and iron open work hare and hound knife. The handle is complete and depicts a stylised hound catching a running hare, on a solid bar which has a longitudinal slot in its underside, into which the knife blade would have fitted. The animals have long limbs and the hound has his snout on the hare's tail. The hare has long triangular ears which are laid back against its head. The hound is large and appears to be running at full pelt with its front legs stretched forwards, its ears laid back and its long tail curving upwards. The flat, rectangular butt has vertical ridges at either end. Traces of the iron blade, fixed with an iron rivet through the butt, can be seen between the hind legs of the hound and in the slot beneath the handle. S. Worrell adds: This form of folding knife is relatively common and the representation of the hunt is a common theme on a variety of other forms of Roman material culture, particularly in the 4th century. There is a published example in Richborough 4 (Bushe-Fox 1949, plate XXXVI no. 118) and an example recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme from Upham, Hampshire (hamp 3526; Worrell 2002, 91 fig. 4).
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