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Description: | A copper-alloy folding knife handle of Roman date (N.Mills; 2000; pp. 85). No parallel for this piece could be found which came from a securely-dated archaeological context; it is, however, a known form of artefact and is stylistically consistent with a Roman date. The handle takes the form of a three dimensional standing panther, which is depicted facing forward and has a deeply-curved, S-shaped form. The facial features are well moulded, with large, raised sub-oval areas surrounding the small circular eyes, two small holes for the ears, a further two for the nostrils and three drilled holes (possibly originally containing insets) along the line of the mouth. At the back edge of the arched back section is a representation of the top of the legs; this continues into the lower half; the feet form a curved base section. Above the head of the animal is a rectangular block decorated on each of its two wider faces by five transverse ridges. The iron knife blade would have originally been fitted within the slot in the top of the knife and would have been hinged therein. The only evidence of this blade is a large amount of iron corrosion on the back of the object. It measures 76mm high, by 10.4mm wide and 18.6mm deep; the weight is 40.72g. | 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: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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