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DAGGER
Unique ID: BERK-4E8656
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
Blade from an iron scale-tang blade, possibly a dagger of probable early post-medieval date. The blade is single-edged and is damaged and incomplete. There is a slight neck below the tang which may have the location of a guard. The tang is broadly rectangular and tapers from the the blade end towards its terminal. A similar object, (a dagger) has been recorded from London (see LON-BF6593 on this database). The style and type of blade suggests these two objects are broadly comparable; a date of c. AD 1500-1700 is therefore suggested for this object.
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 423 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 266 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.274
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Chiltern (District)
Parish or ward: Amersham (Civil Parish)
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