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KNIFE
Unique ID: NMS-38A215
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Roman copper alloy possible terminal from a knife handle, vertical openwork rectangular-sectioned arrangement of two large perforated discs, surmounted by two smaller perforated discs with an oval-sectioned knop at the apex with twin grooves. The large discs, partly covered by lumps of iron corrosion, spring from a rectangular base that projects from a slightly arched rectangular platform, originally flanked by two large trefoil-shaped leaves with broad grooves and containing a very corroded inserted iron tang. Length 64mm. Width 31mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64 mm
Width: 31 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th October 2012 - Monday 15th October 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 35713
Other reference: NMD102012
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Shouldham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6808
Four figure Latitude: 52.643726
Four figure longitude: 0.481644
1:25K map: TF6808
1:10K map: TF60NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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