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KNIFE

Unique ID: SF3932

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper-alloy hilt-plate from a knife handle. Basically pointed-oval in shape with one end squared off, one face has a rectangular hole for the whittle tang and the other has a slot, open at the squared end, for the blade. The edges around the slot are bevelled. 17 x 11 mm, and 10 mm thick.

Class: hilt plate

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1350
Date to: AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 7.58 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK COMBS

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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