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KNIFE
Unique ID: LEIC-D68FF1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy knife pommel, 15mm high and wide and 9mm thick. The pommel is in fair condition with a reddish/green patina. It is roughly square and is in the form of an animal head, probably a dog. It has a downward slanting head, prominent brow and an upward turning snout. There are no signs of any eyes but it has a grinning mouth picked out with two raised lines. The rest of the object is decorated with diagonally striped incised lines and its lower edge is picked out with a raised border. There are traces of a blade incased in the lower edge.
Class: Pommel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1100
Date to: AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 8.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 9th March 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
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