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Image	Object Type	Find number	Broadperiod	County	Actions
	Knife	NARC-D732A7	Roman	Northamptonshire	xml \| csv json
An imcomplete Iron knife and tang of probable roman date. Although iron tools are notoriously difficult to date out of context, the form of the knife and the date of surrounding finds in that field have led to the dating of this knife as probably Roman, although with a smaller possibility that it...
	Knife	NMS-C2FD08	Roman	Norfolk	xml \| csv json
Stop ridge from knife, cast with circular socket (external diameter 14mm, internal diameter 11mm) to accommodate the missing handle and with slight concave chamfer to elongated sub-triangular perforated terminal for missing blade. Length 12mm. A comparable example can be found in Manning (1985) p...
	Knife	NMGW-C14CE7	Roman	Vale Of Glamorgan	xml \| csv json
Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic and zoomorphic handle The handle appears to be near-complete, with some damage to the socket and crushing on one face (with a length of 61.8mm, a maximum width of 31.6mm and a thickness of 18.8mm). The handle is comparatively heavy (at 83.6g) and is either compo...
	Knife	WILT-2F4154	Roman	Wiltshire	xml \| csv json
An incomplete copper alloy and iron probable knife, Roman in date (AD 43-410). It measures 39.10x7.12x8.51mm and weighs 6.5g. The object appears to comprise two elements, one of which is copper alloy and the other iron. Due to the iron corrosion, it is difficult to tell where one starts and the o...
	Knife	BERK-A00EB7	Roman	Oxfordshire	xml \| csv json
A cast copper alloy Roman folding knife handle, of the 'hare and hound' type. The handle is three-dimensional and depicts a heavily stylised hound biting the rump of a running hare. The animals are streamlined with small rises on the heads depicting the ears and eyes. Linear scores depict the sno...
	Knife	NMS-4CE477	Roman	Norfolk	xml \| csv json
Very unusual curved and elaborate knife handle. The handle has a broad socketed end which retains corroded remains of the iron blade, the corrosion partly obscuring a triple-ribbed moulding and a longitudinal split on both faces resultant from internal corrosion and expansion. The body of the han...
	Knife	NLM-9748D4	Roman	Lincolnshire	xml \| csv json
Copper alloy Possible Knife Handle fragment. Cast sub-rectangular openwork plate fragment; with oval, rectangular and triangular apertures; the intact end is indented and curved. Suggested date: Possibly Roman, 40-400. Length: 29.5mm, Width: 17.9mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 4.65gms.
	Knife	SUSS-572CE2	Roman	West Sussex	xml \| csv json
One end of a cast copper alloy handle from a Roman folding knife, c. 43-410 AD. The terminal is formed from a rectangular section moulded into three raised vertical bands, the central one wider. It has a slot on the underside and at the outer end giving it an 'n' shape in section. The slots are f...
	Knife	ESS-04F9E1	Roman	Essex	xml \| csv json
A copper alloy handle from knife or razor of uncertain date, probably Roman. There are the remains of iron blade at the attachment end. It measures 50mm in length.
	Knife	HESH-C590B6	Roman	Shropshire	xml \| csv json
Fragment from a folding razor or knife dating from the later Roman period (200- c. 400 AD). Although fragmentary this form of knife usually depicts in openwork a hound biting the rump of a hare. This fragment comes from the terminal before the openwork and comprises part of the iron razor blade ...
	Knife	LIN-CC1F34	Roman	Lincolnshire	xml \| csv json
An enamelled copper alloy hollow tube, possibly the handle from a knife. The object is cylindrical, measuring 58mm in length and 1.5mm thick. The object tapers from 17mm to 14mm in diameter. At the widest end the object has an opening that at the time of recording is still full of soil. Just belo...
	Knife	FAKL-FD4C53	Roman	East Riding Of Yorkshire	xml \| csv json
Iron knife blade, corrosion hiding much of its shape. Single edged with an asymmetric whittle tang.
	Knife	NLM-FE1F92	Roman	North Lincolnshire	xml \| csv json
Copper alloy Pommel. Cast zoomorphic pommel in the shape of an eagle's head with its curved beak part open. The sub-rectangular mouth of the pommel would receive the top of the knife handle (lost); the hollow was filled with soil and terminates with an internally curved surface. The head of the e...
	Knife	SF-9E68A3	Roman	Cambridgeshire	xml \| csv json
An incomplete cast copper-alloy folding knife handle of Roman date. It is missing the blade end of one side and the iron blade itself due to old breaks. The handle is openwork in form, oval shaped in section and depicts a stylised hound chasing a hare. At the blade end there is vertical rectangul...
	Knife	BH-B6B512	Roman	Hertfordshire	xml \| csv json
A copper-alloy artefact with attached iron remnant. No parallel could be found for this piece; however, its general form suggests it may be a Roman knife handle. The damaged bottom end of the handle takes the form of a truncated cone. A remnant of the iron tang is located within the hollow unders...
	Knife	NMS-606F33	Roman	Norfolk	xml \| csv json
Handle of a Roman folding razor or knife depicting in openwork a hare biting the rump of a hare. Parts of the iron razor, pivoting on an iron spindle, remain in the closed position within a slot which runs the length of the handle. A standard late Roman type, e.g. Gregory, T., Thetford Fison Way ...
	Knife	SUSS-D09D18	Roman	West Sussex	xml \| csv json
A cast copper alloy fragment of a Roman folding knife, probably a handle fragment of the 'Hare and Hound' Type. Although it is uncertain whether this zoomorphic depiction is of hound or hare, the attributes of the animal seem to suggest that it was meant to be a hare, albeit a rather crude rendit...
	Knife	SWYOR-374234	Roman	North Yorkshire	xml \| csv json
A cast, copper alloy, anthropomorphic Roman knife handle depicting an erotic scene. The scene is of a man lying on a couch with a woman crouched on top, facing his feet. She has both hands on his feet and his left hand is raised and resting on her left buttock. The handle is largely solid, but th...
	Knife	SUSS-248630	Roman	West Sussex	xml \| csv json
A fragment of the handle of a cast copper alloy and iron open work Roman knife, of the 'hare and hound' type. The complete handle would have depicted a stylised hound chasing after a hare in the round; this fragment comprises the hare portion of that scene. The hare has a long snout and semi-circ...
	Knife	NMS-14DDF6	Roman	Norfolk	xml \| csv json
A probable Roman knife handle in the form of a female figure, perhaps Venus. One side of the slot or socket for the knife tang is extant. The figure, the base of which is at about the level of the knee, wears a skirt decorated with horizontal grooves. A sash-like feature, delineated by grooves, r...
	Knife	DENO-5A38C1	Roman	Nottinghamshire	xml \| csv json
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman folding knife (or razor). Only the handle part of the knife remains with the iron blade now lost and no traces of ferrous corrosion evident on the handle tip. The handle is zoomorphic in design being in the shape of a outstretched animal, reminiscent of a hunt...
	Knife	DUR-225DF7	Roman	North Yorkshire	xml \| csv json
Cast copper alloy Roman knife handle in three-dimensional form of Minerva. There is a crack on the figure's right side and back. The handle is worn all over so small details are not that clear. On the back of the head, the crest of the helmet is still visible but it does not continue all the way ...
	Knife	SOM-0DE1F2	Roman	Somerset	xml \| csv json
Roman cast copper alloy knife or razor handle in the form of a three-dimensional lower right leg and foot. The foot and leg are moulded with raised lines representing an open Roman sandal and a woollen sock. The sandal is represented by two collars running around the ankle joined by a strap at th...
	Knife	PUBLIC-E78BB8	Roman	Essex	xml \| csv json
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy folding knife handle. The object is zoomorphic, taking the form of an outstretched lion or panther. The middle section and the end terminal have been lost in antiquity. The surviving end, of approximately 50% the original artefact, consists of the head, neck ...
	Knife	LIN-7C1052	Roman	Lincolnshire	xml \| csv json
An incomplete copper-alloy folding-knife handle of Roman date. This piece is an example of the 'Hare and hound' series of folding-knife handles, one of which was found in excavations at Richborough, Kent (Bushe-Fox, 1949, p.129). Several similar but more complete artefacts can be seen on the PAS ...
	Knife	ESS-591CB6	Roman	Essex	xml \| csv json
Rally ref 207 Roman copper alloy knife handle. Cylindrical, hollow, with triangular perforations. Length 46.23mm, diameter 12.46mm, weight 10.1 grams.
	Knife	SOM-A94ED3	Roman	Somerset	xml \| csv json
One end of a cast copper alloy handle from a Roman folding knife. The terminal is formed from a rectangular section moulded into three raised vertical bands, the central one wider. It has a slot on the underside and at the outer end giving it an n shape in section. The slots are full of iron corr...
	Knife	GLO-9468E4	Roman	Avon	xml \| csv json
Bone handle length 58mm, width 19mm, thickness 9mm, weight 9.48g. This fragment is rectangular in plan, with a hollow C-shape in cross-section. The face is smooth and incised with linear decoration consisting of a thick crosshatch band on the butt, followed by two plain bands and a third ban...
	Knife	HAMP-7A27F3	Roman	Hampshire	xml \| csv json
A slightly corroded cast copper-alloy zoomorphic knife handle of Roman date (1st/2nd century AD). The handle is of circular cross-section. At the attachment end the sides are bevelled to give a rectangular junction with the blade in the longitudinal plane. The junction is also slightly expanded (...
	Knife	WMID-4D1CE0	Roman	Shropshire	xml \| csv json
A cast copper-alloy handle for a knife, razor or other tool. The handle terminates in an zoomorphic, bovine head in the round. The head has curved horns, one of which is broken, and the other may be bent out of shape. The head is well made and faceted, with a groove for the mouth. The snout and t...