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KNIFE
Unique ID: SUSS-351FA5
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy open work fragment, possibly belonging to a Roman knife handle, c. AD 43-410. It is also possible that this open work object dates to the Early Medieval period. The fragment is roughly rectangular in plan, with one of the longer edges raised and thicker than the opposite edge. In between the two longer edges, a symmetrical open work design is arranged with a central open oval and four sub-triangular openings arranged around it evenly. The fragment measures 16.9 mm long, 12.2 mm wide, 2.8 mm thick and weighs 1.2 grams.
Class: Handle
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1066
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.9 mm
Width: 12.2 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
Parish or ward: Ewhurst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7821
Four figure Latitude: 50.96092944
Four figure longitude: 0.53330584
1:25K map: TQ7821
1:10K map: TQ72SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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