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Description: | A crude copper-alloy handle, probably for a knife or another bladed implement. The handle has no regularity of form, tapering, expanding, and tapering again to its terminal. A groove runs down one side of the handle within which traces of ferrous corrosion remain. At the blade end a large amount of ferrous corrosion indicates where the blade protruded from the handle, and an iron rivet remains which would have held the blade in place. It is possible that the rivet is actually a pivet, allowing the blade to fold back into the groove of the handle. The crude nature of the handle and the lack of any diagnostic features make it very difficult to date, and this artefact could date from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period. The handle measures 61.1 mm long, 8.5 mm wide and 9 mm thick. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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