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KNIFE
Unique ID: SUSS-07A690
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy shoulder bolster from a medieval to post-Medieval whittle-tang knife. The object comprises a sub-trapezoidal frame with a rectangular cross section and sub-triangular aperture for the tang of the knife. Similar pieces on the PAS database include NMS-25B303 and ESS-0CF1C2.
Notes:
This find has been recorded from a photograph and basic identification notes made at the rally event. The original artefact is not available for study and therefore this record falls short of the normal recording standard.
Class: Whittle-Tang
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 6.84 mm
Width: 14.72 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd August 2008
Rally details.
This object was found at Firle Rally 5
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
Parish or ward: Alciston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5005
Four figure Latitude: 50.825115
Four figure longitude: 0.12835
1:25K map: TQ5005
1:10K map: TQ50NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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