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Description: | A fragment of a medieval bone knife handle. The fragment contains the handle terminal of the knife with a missing section along one side. All the metal parts of the knife, and part of the bone handle, are missing. The fragment contains two symmetrical decorated external surfaces. They are split into three sections; nearest the terminal are two complete and part of a third set of three incised concentric circles (only two sets survive on the other side); the next section is decorated with an incised cross-hatch pattern with a double horizontal border at each side; and the third section contains a further set of three concentric circles followed again by a double horizontal border. All of the incised areas are then tinned. The interior of the handle is hollow to allow for the metal tang. The fragment measures 47.9mm (length) x 10.2mm (width) x 8.0mm (thickness) and weighs 3.70g.Although the fragment is small the decoration suggest that this knife is broadly medieval in date, c. 1200-1500 AD.
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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