Accession No

1953.199.1


Description

Iron knife with curved shoulder and no choil. Straight cutting edge and curved, slightly angular back. Now in three fragments.


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

1953.199.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

103mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1953.199[.1-3]: 'Small single edged iron knife (tip missing); strip of thin bronze plate with tiny rivet and three small sherds.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Grave 23.
Collected by: Cambridge Archaeological Field Club.
See catalogue card for illustration of plate
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)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'Iron knife has broken into two pieces.'
Event Date 16/10/2000
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with curved shoulder and no choil. Straight cutting edge and curved, slightly angular back. Now in three fragments.
Event Date 21/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:16164

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