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KNIFE
Unique ID: NMS-F3F920
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of post-medieval copper alloy knife handle end-cap with the end of an iron scale-tang sandwiched within it. Both ends are broken, one across a flat-sectioned loop and the other immediately adjacent to a rivet. The cleft into which the tang is slotted comes to an end at a collar from which the suspension loop springs. For most of the length the cross-section is hexagonal. An unusual object, serving as a combination of end-cap and scales. Extant length 27mm. Thickness / width 9 - 9.5mm. Perhaps 16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2012 - Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 28868
Other reference: ET122012
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wreningham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1499
Four figure Latitude: 52.546766
Four figure longitude: 1.154719
1:25K map: TM1499
1:10K map: TM19NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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