Accession No
1936.834 A.1
Description
Iron knife, seax or scramasax with long, tapering tang and remains of curved iron pommel. Blade has a curved back edge and straight cutting edge; tip missing. Oval plate at join between blade and tang.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Shudy Camps
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1936.834 A.1; MAA: ?Z 21281.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
28mm x 467mm Weight 0.2058kg
Events
Context (Field collection)
Anglo Saxon Cemetery, Grave No. 36, Excavated by T.C. Lethbridge in 1933.
Event Date 1933
Author: maa
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1936). A Cemetery At Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire. Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Quarto Publications. New Series, V. Plate: 7
Event Date 1936
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1936.834 [A.1-2]: 'Scramasax, with bronze chape of scabbard, and small bronze studs.'
Event Date 22/7/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Scramasax, or dirk.
Event Date 13/4/2021
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife, seax or scramasax with long, tapering tang and remains of curved iron pommel. Blade has a curved back edge and straight cutting edge; tip missing. Oval plate at join between blade and tang.
Event Date 5/5/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:19356
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