Record ID: NMGW-A059EA
Object type: FOLDING KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy folding knife or razor handle with fragmentary iron blade of Hare and Hound type The copper alloy openwork handle is complete and the top part of the iron blade is present, folded within the handle (with a length of 68.4mm, a surviving overall depth of 26.5mm and a weight of 17.8g). The handle depicts stylised representations of the running hound chasing a hare as the hound catches, or is about to catch the hare, with the hound's snout at the rear of the hare. Details of the neck and head of both beasts are depicted with grooves but otherwise the details are ca…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
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