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KNIFE
Unique ID: FAKL-E7968B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Iron blade from an Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, whittle tanged knife. The blade has a wedge-shaped section on which the tang is centrally placed. The blade appears to have both a curved and a curved cutting edge which allow it to be placed in Drinkall and Foreman's Type A3 a form that had a long period of use. (Drinkall and Foreman, 1998, 280-81, Fig. 136). The blade suffered some damage in the ground and is now exfoliating.
Length 151.5, Width 20.0, Thickness 4.4mm, Mass 30.46g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 670
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 151.5 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 30.46 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 427
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: North Kesteven
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drinkall, D. and Foreman, M. | 1998 | The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Castledyke South, Barton on Humber | Sheffield | Sheffield Excavation Reports | 280-81, Fig. 136 |
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