Accession No
1934.860.8
Description
Iron knife with distorted blade back, then small right angled shoulder leading to tapering tang. Small right angled choil leading to possibly straight cutting edge. Blade bent and distorted, having been partially reconstructed.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Barrington; Hooper's Field
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Griffith, Arthur Foster [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1934.860.8
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
126mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Hooper's Field (Barrington B) cemetery
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue Card for 1934.860[.1-10] reads: 'Ten small one-edged iron knives, or scramasaxes.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. and O’Reilly, Maureen. (1935). ‘Archaeological Notes: The Griffith Collection’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 35. pp. 141-146
Event Date 1935
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with distorted blade back, then small right angled shoulder leading to tapering tang. Small right angled choil leading to possibly straight cutting edge. Blade bent and distorted, having been partially reconstructed.
Event Date 27/4/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:291132
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