NARC-9B13C1: Possible votive Bronze Age knife/sword, obverse

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KNIFE

Unique ID: NARC-9B13C1

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper-alloy knife-shaped object. This small artefact tapers to a point which is now missing following an old break. At the attachment end there are traces of rivet holes which have become abraded. The holes on the edges echo those of a Bronze Age sword hilt fragment as illustrated in Needham (1990, 50; fig. 65). The form of the object, however, seems to echo that of a Bronze Age knife as illustrated, for example, in Mills (2000, 19; fig. BR9). There is bevelling on both faces of the object creating a shallow, almost indiscernible, mid-ridge. The small artefact is possibly late Bronze Age given the date of the parallel cited from Mills (2000), and was arguably a votive object.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 1200 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 38.4 mm
Width: 15.9 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 3.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Brockhall (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP6262
Four figure Latitude: 52.252691
Four figure longitude: -1.09319
1:25K map: SP6262
1:10K map: SP66SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mills, N. and Payne, G.	2000	Celtic and Roman Artefacts	Witham	Greenlight Publishing	19	BR9
Needham, S.P.	1990	The Petters Late Bronze Age Metalwork: An Analytical Study of Thames Valley Metalworking in its Settlement Context	London	British Museum Press	50	65

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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