Record ID: PUBLIC-B2BAF1
Object type: FOLDING KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A virtually complete copper-alloy Roman zoomorphic folding knife handle; the blade itself is missing. It is broadly rectangular in plan and cross section depicting a stylised hound chasing a hare. Extending from the panel is the openwork scene, both animals running towards the hilt end of the handle. They are depicted in mid stride with the hound just grasping the tail of the hare. The hound has the beginings of a tail which may have extended a little further but has an old break. It is sub-oval shaped body with arched back and extended legs, details of the head, eyes and ears are vag…
Created on: Friday 26th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.