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Description: | A possible knife or razor handle made from cast copper alloy. The handle is in the form of a person?s leg and foot. The foot is wearing a sandal which is formed by two horizontal ribs above the ankle, from which a rectangular moulding forms a strap running down the centre of the foot to the toes. There are other mouldings representing straps over the ankle. At the mid shin there is another horizontal rib which appears to represent a sock. The sock is decorated with fine incised or stamped ?V? in columns, thereby forming a herringbone pattern. This pattern is all over the sock, which may represent a heavy type of fabric or wool rather than a decorative pattern. Above the sock, the leg is smooth and expands, ending just below the knee. The leg is hollow and the upper portion is divided into two with a vertical slot. The base of the foot has a slightly squared toe, but is undecorated. It does have a slight irregular indentation at one side, but this is likely to be a casting anomaly rather than intentional. The surface of the object has a well developed dark green patina. It measures 39.06mm in length. The foot has a length of 20.42mm. The leg has a width of 9.7mm. It weighs 11.88g.
The identification of the object is not certain, it may be a razor or knife handle. However, this example, on the interior, has no traces of iron staining, which a blade or razor may have been made from. There are at least three other examples recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, the others are from Piercebridge, County Durham NCL-920745, Whitchurch, Hampshire SOMDOR-4F6FB3, and West Wratting, Cambridgeshire CAM-DDFE12. The sock on the examples from Piercebridge, and this one are more clearly rendered than that on the Cambridgeshire and Hampshire examples. The style of the sandal and the well developed patina suggests a Roman date. The Piercebridge example is published in 2005 Portable Antiquities Annual Report 2004-5, pp. 41-42, no. 53. | 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: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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