Accession No

1923.77 B


Description

Iron knife; tapered bulbous tang, circular in cross-section, pronounced shoulder and choil, straight cutting edge and blade back. Damaged and corroded; part of tip and blade missing.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Foxton


Period

Anglo Saxon Post Medieval


Source

Legge, C. W. [donor]; Fox, Cyril [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1923.77 B; MAA: Z 15389 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

91mm


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with the double grave of two children.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
Old label reads 'Anglian burials excavated by Dr Cyril Fox 1922'. J.Somerville.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
The card has the following entry: 'Associated find'

Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
B, C, E: Three iron knives.
Event Date 1923
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1924). 'Excavations at Foxton, Cambridgeshire, in 1922'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquaries. vol. XXV. pp. 37-49.
Event Date 1924
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Taylor, Alison. (1997). 'South West Cambridgeshire'. Archaeology of Cambridgeshire. Vol. 1. p. 50.
Event Date 1997
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Iron knife; tapered bulbous tang, circular in cross-section, pronounced shoulder and choil, straight cutting edge and blade back. Damaged and corroded; part of tip and blade missing.
Event Date 19/5/2021
Author: Jane Pettitt


FM:286963

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