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Description: | An incomplete late medieval to early post-medieval iron dagger with copper alloy pommel, now in two pieces but missing its tip (worn break). It is broken across the upper part of the tang and the break seems relatively recent.The blade is triangular in shape and 240.53mm in length, narrowing from 30.78x8.36mm at the shoulders to the break (7.44x4.55mm) where it shows a lozengiform cross-section. The blade has a prominent central midrib and apparently bevelled edges, although the badly corroded state of the iron makes this difficult to tell.The tang has slightly thickened edges and narrows from 18.51x5.93 above the shoulders to 9.29x4.60mm at the break. The remainder of the tang and the pommel, on the second separated piece, narrows to 5.71x3.93mm below the pommel.The pommel is acorn- or egg-shaped, three-dimensional and with a decorative circumferencial rib aorund the widest part.Overall, the dagger measures c.377mm in length and is a little bent in profile. Its maximum width is 30.78mm and its maximum thickness is 8.36mm, both at the shoulders. It weighs 122g.
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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