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DAGGER
Unique ID: ESS-6DE787
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy dagger pommel, dating AD1300-1600. The pommel has three arms with trefoils at the end, one of which has broken away. One arm has traces of a rectangular slit with iron inside, staining of which continues beneath the object suggesting that an iron tang once fitted into it. The metal is a mid-dark green colour with orange-brown staining around the iron component.
A more complete example is recorded on the PAS database (KENT-1062C7) and a similar example but with four arms has also been recorded (BH-314918). The size would indicate that it was the pommel for a dagger, rather than a sword, but it is difficult to know for certain without the rest of the object. The similarity to the fleur-de-lys may indicate a French origin. Other examples have been dated between AD1300 and AD1600.
Dimensions: height: 28.90 mm; width: 27.10 mm; thickness: 13.56 mm; weight: 29.48g.
Class: Pommel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 28.9 mm
Width: 27.1 mm
Thickness: 13.56 mm
Weight: 29.48 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
Parish or ward: Badingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM3167
Four figure Latitude: 52.25264777
Four figure longitude: 1.38292261
1:25K map: TM3167
1:10K map: TM36NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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