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KNIFE
Unique ID: NMS-833624
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Worn and corroded handle terminal of a scale tang late medieval to early post medieval knife. The terminal comprises of two sub-square 1mm thick plates with curved ends that sandwich a 3mm thick remnant of the iron knife tang between. One plate has a central circular depression which taken with a slight witness mark on the opposite plate is suggestive of a central rivet that passes through a coincident hole in the tang. Both plates are decorated with engraved images. One side can be interpreted as a left facing cowled head, possibly iconographic; however, the other side cannot be resolved. Similar handle terminals are shown on this database cf; SF-E61A68, and SF-355926; in addition a number of related types are featured in the collection of the Victoria and Albert museum. Circa 1450-1550 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th August 2016 - Sunday 7th August 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 32260
Other reference: GC
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Bradenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9108
Four figure Latitude: 52.63612417
Four figure longitude: 0.82116835
1:25K map: TF9108
1:10K map: TF90NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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