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KNIFE
Unique ID: NMS-F4BC00
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy knife end cap or stop of 16th century date. Cylindrical with a rectangular slot housing the corroded remains of the knife tang whcih terminates in an old break just beyond the stop. On either side of the slot is an engraved rectangular fanel framing an engraved saltire cross. The top exhibits an engraved line star (asterisk).
A number of similar knife caps dating to the 16th century are recorded on the PAS database including: KENT-054F5D, LVPL-079519, PUBLIC-503387, NMS-2E5E73Z and LIN-565693.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.7 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Thickness: 11.4 mm
Weight: 13.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th October 2017 - Wednesday 15th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AHS112017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
Parish or ward: St. Cross, South Elmham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM3084
Four figure Latitude: 52.40563436
Four figure longitude: 1.37991962
1:25K map: TM3084
1:10K map: TM38SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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