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KNIFE

Unique ID: YORYM456

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Made of horn. In 2 pcs. Surface showing hydraulic (wave?)action. Rough filing on reverse. Reverse side to both undecorated, flat. Both concave in section. Both parts of one side of 2sided handle. Attachment sites, blade extinct. XXXX hatched incised decoration to uppermost face pieces.

Notes:

No exact parallels found in horn- examples cited date from c1600 and are made from bone. Dimensions refer to larger of 2 pcs. Smaller pc. l: 35.7,w: 9.8,th:6.8,wt2.41

Class: KNIFE HANDLE (blade extinct)

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1485
Date to: AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 53 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 6.9 mm
Weight: 5.51 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd November 1998

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: YORYM:E01614

Materials and construction

Primary material: Animal skeletal material
Manufacture method: Fabricated
Decoration method: Incised
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
To be known as: NORTH YORKSHIRE WHITBY

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Coastland
Specific landuse: Inter-tidal

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Allan, J.P.	1984	Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Exeter	Exeter	Exeter Archaeological Reports	350

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Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 25 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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