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Description: | A post medieval bone and iron knife, missing its blade. The iron tang runs through the length of the handle and terminates as a flat disc with a central protruding round knop. The cylindrical tang is incased in bone. The bone surface is decorated with a spiralling lines which wraps fives times around the handle length. The spaces inbetween the wraps are filled with perpendicular lines. The bones has warped and cracked and part of the surface has chipped off. The knife now measures 81.6mm (length) x 18.2mm (width) x 15.2mm (thickness) and weighs 18.32g.The style of knife and the decoration on the handle suggests a 16th to 17th century AD date.
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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