Accession No

1953.188.1


Description

Iron knife with sloping shoulder and no choil; broken tang. Curved back and straight cutting edge; tip missing.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Melbourn


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Cambridge Archaeological Field Club [donor]; Wilson, David Mackenzie [excavator]; Erskine, R. [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1953.188.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

146mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description of 1953.188[.1-2]: 'Iron knife and sherd of red ware'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Grave 10.
Collected by: Cambridge Archaeological Field Club
Event Date 1952
Author: maa


Context (References)
(Bib): 1956. Wilson, D.M. The Initial Excavations of an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Melbourn, Cambridgeshire. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol XLIX. pp. 29-41.
Event Date 1956
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with sloping shoulder and no choil; broken tang. Curved back and straight cutting edge; tip missing.
Event Date 23/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:16124

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