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Unique ID: LVPL-17B859
Object type certainty: Certain
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An iron whittle tanged knife of Roman to Medieval date. The blade measures 93.02mm in length and the tang 13.17mm in length. The tang is incomplete. Each edge is slightly curved with the cutting edge measuring 1.28mm thick and the opposite edge measuring 2.07mm. The knife terminates with a rounded point. The surfaces of the object are uneven due to corrosion. It is mid-brown in colour.
The form is of Manning's Roman Type 16, which he says is a long-live type. The form would also be quite acceptable in the Early Medieval period (Drinkall type A) and there are good parallels in Cowgill's book on Medieval knives, (peers. comm. K. Leahy).
Class: whittle tanged
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Length: 114.18 mm
Width: 16.56 mm
Thickness: 2.98 mm
Weight: 13.6 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014
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Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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