Accession No
1948.1495 B
Description
Iron knife with sloping choil, raised shoulder and broken tang. The blade is broken and approximately half is missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (4th Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1495 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
125mm
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Catalogue card: 'in cremation pot with various inhumations.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label adhered to blade reads: '2...'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett
Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery Near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray.
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett
Description (CMS Description)
A long knife
Event Date 8/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with sloping choil, raised shoulder and broken tang. The blade is broken and approximately half is missing.
Event Date 14/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:8933
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