Record ID: SF-DE4347
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete worked bone probable handle, possibly from a knife. Measuring 55.26mm in length and 13.10mm in width, the back face is flat and the front face rounded. The bone is hollow and the front face has been decorated with groups of transverse grooves, four grooves with diagonal grooves cutting them can be seen at the complete terminal end, four longer transverse groooves with four shorter ones to either side can be seen in the centre of the handle and the remains of another four can be seen at the incomplete terminal (due to old breaks). This bone is most likely to be sheep or…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charsfield', grid reference and parish protected.