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KNIFE
Unique ID: BERK-17C364
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy probable knife hilt guard or quillion of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1300-1600). The object is bi-convex in section and lentoid in profile. There is an oval aperture through the guard which is set slightly off-centre; there is a slight concretion within however it was not possible to identify the material (i.e. iron). The surface of the guard is pitted and has a light green patina.
The condition of the object makes it look older than it potentially is; there are some similarities between this object and a small number of objects identified as toggles (for example SWYOR-811F53 and LEIC-D74B20).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.8 mm
Width: 9.2 mm
Thickness: 6.1 mm
Weight: 10.5 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2016.368
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Great Milton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6105
Four figure Latitude: 51.74039371
Four figure longitude: -1.11796188
1:25K map: SP6105
1:10K map: SP60NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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