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Description: | Roman (3rd to 4th centuries) folding knife handle, the 'hare and hound' type: The fragment of the copper alloy knife handle depicts a stylised hound which if it were complete, would be chasing a hare in the round. The hound has no details and is quite chunky in its depiction with openwork between his legs. The cross-section forms a 'U' shape within which is the remains of the iron blade. The handle has a light green patina which has been recent coated in an unknown substance. The fragment measures 28.67mm long, 14.49mm maximum width, 4.6mm thick and weighs 4.5grams.Roman finds specialist Sally Worrell comments that this form of folding knife seems relatively popular in the Roman period and the representation of the hunt is a common theme on a variety of other forms of Roman material culture, particularly in the 4th century. A similar published example is provided in Richborough Report 4 (Bushe-Fox 1949, Plate XXXVI, No. 118) and another example recorded from the Portable Antiquities Scheme from Upham, Hampshire (HAMP-3526; Worrell 2002, 91, Fig. 4). There are a number of knife handles of this type currently recorded on the PAS database, including more complete examples: cf. BUC-676896; NARC-03BF62; CAM-9E74C2; NMS-4BA381; NMS-606F33; SF-9E68A3; SUR-E90A93.
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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