Accession No
1923.77 E
Description
Iron knife; pronounced choil, slight shoulder, straight cutting edge and slight curved blade back. Damaged and corroded; partially reconstructed from three sections, tip 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 E; MAA: Z 15389 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
87mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
The card has the following entry: 'Associated find'
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 (Found together / assemblage)
Found with the double grave of two children.
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; pronounced choil, slight shoulder, straight cutting edge and slight curved blade back. Damaged and corroded; partially reconstructed from three sections, tip missing.
Event Date 19/5/2021
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:286966
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