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Description: | A cast copper-alloy knife handle of Roman date. It is in the form of a human leg with transverse groove at the attachment end. The leg is oval seectioned, tapering at its base to a small oval foot. This has incised decoration comprising a single groove around the edge of the foot and a diagonal groove on the upper surface of the foot. At the knee there is a grooved waist beneath which each side of the leg has double diagonal grooves that slope downwards towards the centre of the leg beneath the knee. Above the grooved waist the leg narrows before expanding again towards the attachment end. This is rectangular in form and separated from the leg by a transverse/circumferential groove. It has a rectangular slot into which the tang of the blade would have been attached, with single transverse grooves at the outer edge of each side of the attachment end. The entire object has a grey/green patina. It measures 71.70mm in length, 9.81mm in width, 8.07mm in thickness and 28.59g in weight.Similar handles, probably for knives or razors, have been recorded through the PAS (e.g. SUR-E8CBD2, NCL-33E168, WAW-4A9746, SOMDOR-4F6FB3, WMID-4EBFA7, CAM-DDFE12, and NCL-920745) as well as an example in the 2004/2005 PAS annual report from Piercebridge (pp. 41-42, no. 53). It is likely to be of Roman date, c.43-410 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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