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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy and iron folding knife or razor in the form of a hound. The hound (17.2mm high) is standing on a stepped pedestal with a raised tail which is now incomplete but appears to have formed a loop. Around the front legs of the hound is a concave incision. The handle is roughly rectangular in plan and is rectangular in cross section. The hound is standing on a stepped pedestal which then narrows and is decorated with three horizontal incisions. The handle then expands slightly with two circular perforations (c.4mm) which are abraded, the expanded circular section is decorated with two horizontal lines forming an X in between the two perforations. Below this the handle narrows and is decorated with four horizontal incisions before the old break. The horizontal decoration is visible on three sides of the handle, the fourth side has a long deep incision c.47mm which runs along the length of the remaining artefact which would hold the iron blade. Remnants of the blade is visible at the end of the surviving section. there appears to be a circular perforation at the end of the surviving section of the blade which is filled with iron corrosion.The artefact has a mid green patina, sections are slightly abraded and there is iron corrosion product.The handle is 49.6mm in length, 19.05mm in width, 7.05mm thick and weighs 17.6 grams.
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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