Accession No

1948.1115 C


Description

Iron knife with narrow blade tapering from both sides and a flat shank to which two strips of black material (?shale) were rivetted, one remaining in part.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Buckinghamshire; Foxcote


Period

?Roman


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1115 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron; ?Stone; ?Shale


Local Term


Measurements

143mm x 8mm x 144mm


Events

Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card notes: 'possibly not R-B'
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with narrow blade tapering from both sides:
C has a flat shank to which two strips of black material (?shale) were rivetted, one remaining in part (possibly not R-B).

Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Loan (Exhibition)
Buckingham Old Gaol Museum , 01/05/2003 to 01/11/2021, Semi-permanent exhibition
Event Date 1/5/2003
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2019.4243 | Assessment Only
Event Date 29/1/2019
Author: Kirstie Williams


FM:282654

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