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DAGGER
Unique ID: BERK-79D588
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy socketed object, probably a dagger pommel dating to the medieval period. The pommel has a roughly square top and is roughly square in profile; the object has four spiralling extrusions, one on each corner each with a cross cut into the surface. In the centre is a small sunken oblong recess. The object has a twist and is hollow inside and broken off. The closed end measures about 17mm square and is 19.29mm in depth. A similar object is illustrated in Read (2016) - Identifying Metal Artefacts Vol. 1 p93 no. 631.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.71 mm
Width: 26.98 mm
Thickness: 26.68 mm
Weight: 53.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th September 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at West Hanney 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Y534
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: West Hanney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3992
Four figure Latitude: 51.625472
Four figure longitude: -1.438006
1:25K map: SU3992
1:10K map: SU39SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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