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KNIFE
Unique ID: IOW-9235DC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy end-cap from a scale-tang knife (1500-1600).
The cap is sub-rectangular in cross-section. It consists of two projections emulating horse hooves emerging diagonally from the base. The base is flat and has a recess containing a portion of an iron tang. This object is decorated with an incised line just above the base on both sides.
The cap is reddish brown with green corrosion products and the iron is corroded.
Height: 9.4mm; width: 12.7mm; thickness: 5.1mm. Weight: 3.09g.
Similar knife end-caps are illustrated Read 2001: 82-83, fig. 56, refs: 650, 651, 652 and 653.
Class: End-cap
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 9.4 mm
Width: 12.7 mm
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 3.09 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th September 2016 - Sunday 25th September 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-8-49
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 82-83, fig. 56 | 650, 651, 652 and 653 |
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