Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: KENT64
Object type certainty: Certain
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An inscribed rectangular knife handle, slightly thicker at end of handle, consisting of two copper alloy pieces on either side of an iron tang. The blade is absent. See also NMS-7AFE56 on this database.
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Class:
handle
Inscription:
he that doth a good knife lack by me I am steel unto the back
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 84 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1996
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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