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DAGGER
Unique ID: BERK-29A83B
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a late Medieval or early Post-Medieval cast copper alloy quillion guard probably from a single-bladed dagger. The fragment consists of one of the terminal ends of one of the arms. When complete, the quillion guard would have probably been shaped like a long bar with central swelling through which the tang of the dagger blade would have passed. Similar complete objects recorded on the PAS database include GLO-6C30F0, BUC-E09398, SWYOR-534FF2, ESS-28F6B0 LEIC-7E3373 and BERK-920505. A similar quillon guard may be found in the Medieval Catalogue (Ward-Perkins:1940:39, plate VI) dating to the 15th to 16th centuries AD.
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: 24 mm
Weight: 17 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.170
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Lambourn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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