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KNIFE
Unique ID: LIN-B84356
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
The end cap from a medieval knife handle, manufactured from folded copper alloy sheet with a seperately cut end piece soldered on, and the remains of a wooden knife handle within. The object is rectangular in cross section and has incised decoration on all faces. One one of the two larger faces, St. David is depicted playing a harp, though on the opposite face the figure is too worn to identify. The two smaller faces are decorated with patterns of incised lines, while the top most surface depicts a male bust, facing left. A similar object, SF6653, is recorded on this database as dating from the 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 3.15 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Wood
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Skegness (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4965
Four figure Latitude: 53.16128
Four figure longitude: 0.227172
1:25K map: TF4965
1:10K map: TF46NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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