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Description: | MED One side of an Ae cover for knife or dagger hilt, Cast, three facets on exterior. Straight lower edge, width 27mm. One long edge is straight & the other straight then angled outwards so that the width increases to 42mm before rounded back to the upper end. Each exterior facet is decorated with engraved lines forming lattice patterns divided by narrow plain bands along the angles. The wider, central facet is pierced by small hole close to lower end & a small cruciform or quatrefoil motif appears within the lattice at intersections. Rough indentation in centre of upper end. Patches of solder adhere to the much of the length of the ?rim?, indicating that the object was directly attached to another metal object, almost certainly a mirror image of itself. The straight long edge was probably in line with the back of the knife blade & the angled edge with its cutting edge. See knives such as nos.116, 128 & 265 (Cowgil et al. 1987, Knives & Scabbards) for the general shape of the hilt. No close parallel found, perhaps 15th cent. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1401
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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