Accession No
Z 16181.2
Description
Iron knife with curved blade back and straight cutting edge. Defined choil, undefined shoulder. Only a small amount the tang remains, tip of blade missing and loss from the cutting edge.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Soham
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]; Tebbutt, Charles Frederick [excavator]; Leaf, C. S. [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16181.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
90mm
Events
Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1933). 'Anglo-Saxon Burials at Soham, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 33. pp 152-163
Event Date 1933
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (CMS Context)
Anglo Saxon cemetery, grave 9
Event Date 29/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Metal; Iron Knife
Event Date 29/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with curved blade back and straight cutting edge. Defined choil, undefined shoulder. Only a small amount the tang remains, tip of blade missing and loss from the cutting edge.
Event Date 22/4/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:19595
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