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DAGGER

Unique ID: SUR-5E3BBF

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A medieval copper alloy dagger in the form of a hollow oblate spheroid with a central, circular perforation on one face (7.2mm diameter) and a larger, square perforation, 9.2mm wide, diametrically opposite. There is no decoration.

Notes:

A dagger pommel of this type is illustrated in Ward Perkins, 1940, London Museum Medieval Catalogue, plate 8, number 3. See also SUSS-0AD1A3, LVPL-BF8C69 and KENT-86B77B.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Exactly AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17.1 mm
Width: 20.9 mm
Weight: 12.87 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 25th June 2018

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Mole Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Leigh (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ2245
Four figure Latitude: 51.19121028
Four figure longitude: -0.25554442
1:25K map: TQ2245
1:10K map: TQ24NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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