Accession No
1988.226
Description
Iron knife with straight sides and angular, square shoulder and choil. Thicker blade back with thinner curved cutting edge. Rectangular tang, missing end, previously repaired.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Barrington; Edix Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon 6th century
Source
Adamson, Douglas T. [donor]; Montague, Chris [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1988.226; MAA: 1987.53 [Lab no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
25mm x 188mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Grave group (1988.223-1988.232) found with a skeleton by Chris Montague while metal detecting in August 1987. Retrospectively assigned number Grave 28 by Malim and Hines (1998). Found on the site of Edix Hill (Barrington A) cemetery, which was excavated in the 19th century.
Event Date 8/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Knife.
Event Date 4/5/1988
Author: maa
Context (References)
Malim, Tim and Hines, John. (1998). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Edix Hill (Barrington A), Cambridgeshire. CBA Research Report 112. York: Council for British Archaeology. pp. 56, Fig. 3.44
Event Date 1998
Author: Louise Puckett
Conservation ()
1996.12M |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with straight sides and angular, square shoulder and choil. Thicker blade back with thinner curved cutting edge. Rectangular tang, missing end, previously repaired.
Event Date 5/5/2021
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:24998
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