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Description: | A probable end-cap from a scale-tang knife: a complete curving object of rectangular section with a flat fragment of iron projecting from the inner face and secured in a central hole. Both the narrow edges are decorated with finely engraved oblique lines and a pair of V-sectioned notches, and there is a rib along the rear face of one edge. No good parallel noted. Length 28.5mm. Width 8mm. Thickness 2.5mm. The tang was rather wide (c.23mm). Probably 14th or 15th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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