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DAGGER
Unique ID: GLO-F53486
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy sword or dagger pommel. This is a long rectangular pommel that has an oval cross section (23mm by 18mm) with a hollow interior and a rounded top. The aperture at the base is round with an internal diameter of 15mm. At the top is a round hole (7mm in diameter) which is encrusted in iron corrosion, this is where the tag passed through the top of the pommel. The outside is decorated with three curving, diagonal recessed lines that run the length of both of the wider sides. Towards the top of the pommel on the right side is a beaked projection that has a concave underside and a convex upper side. This is mirrored by a smaller example on the opposite side, these are to prevent the hand from slipping off the back of the pommel.
This would be the pommel from a thin bladed weapon that dated to the late 15th-mid 16th century
Class: pommel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2012 - Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 5801
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
To be known as: Forest of Dean
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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