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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