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KNIFE
Unique ID: WMID-C17B89
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Late Bronze Age socketed leather working knife made from copper alloy. At it's widest point it is 28.24mm and 55.68mm long.
The item has a socketed shaft, with two aligned perforations near the top of the shaft on either side. The socketed shaft tapers to a band and then flares into a sub triangular head that gradually thins to a cutting edge. The object is in good condition and is largely brown with a Verdigris patina. A small piece of wood was found inside the socket; it is very small and fits into the base of the shaft. It is roughly triangular in shape with a rounded tip and mainly green in colour. A tiny copper alloy pin was also discovered in the perforation hole.
A similar example has been recorded on this database under record SF-F59C95. Also, similar to one shown in Nicholson's Catalogue of the Prehistoric Metalwork in Merseyside County Museum (1980: 47) no. 78.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: leather working
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 900 BC
Date to: Circa 750 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.68 mm
Width: 28.24 mm
Thickness: 12.52 mm
Weight: 14.09 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th January 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Montford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ4117
Four figure Latitude: 52.74738396
Four figure longitude: -2.87547802
1:25K map: SJ4117
1:10K map: SJ41NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholson, S.M. | 1980 | Catalogue of the Prehistoric Metalwork in Merseyside County Museums | Liverpool | p. 47 | no. 78 |
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