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Description: | An incomplete Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age copper alloy leather-working knife. The socket tapers towards a pair of transverse mouldings before flaring for the widley splayed blade, which thins towards the missing cutting edge. The upper part of the socket, and the cutting edge are missing, with irregular breaks. There is an orange / brown patina over the surface. Length at least 45mm. Width of cutting edge at least 35mm. Length of blade at least 26mm. Length of socket at least 19mm. Maximum surviving external diameter of socket 12mm. Cf. Savory (1980, fig.45, no.3 - 6).
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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