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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-F775CA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy possible knife pommel. Cast bifurcated object with two horns rising from a flat base. This bears a central rust-stained groove which may suggest contact with the end of the tang of a small scale tang knife. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.
Height: 8.7mm, Width: 16.2mm, Thickness: 5.3mm, Weight: 2.51gms.
Class: Pommel
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 8.7 mm
Width: 16.2 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 2.51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 14th March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM28400
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alkborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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