Accession No

1896.46.3


Description

Iron knife with broad, straight blade back and right-angled shoulder; slightly curved cutting edge. The tang protrudes below the cutting edge at an obtuse-angle and then tapers to a possibly squared end; terminal broken. Sections of cutting edge missing.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Tuddenham


Period

?Anglo Saxon ?Medieval


Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [monetary donor]; Morley [vendor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1896.46.3; MAA: AR 1896.410


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

111mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1896.46[.2-7]: 'Small iron knives'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (Auction / Sale)
Purchased from Morley for 7/6.
Event Date 1896
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (Found together / assemblage)
According to the Annual Report, 1896.46-1896.48 were found together in January 1896.
Event Date 1/1896
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (References)
Kennett, David H. (1977) 'The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Tuddenham, Suffolk.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 67. pp. 39-62, no. 37, Fig. 6
Event Date 1977
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (References)
West, Stanley. (1998). A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk. East Anglian Archaeology, EAA 84. pp. 33-35 
Event Date 1998
Author: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with broad, straight blade back and right-angled shoulder; slightly curved cutting edge. The tang protrudes below the cutting edge at an obtuse-angle and then tapers to a possibly squared end; terminal broken. Sections of cutting edge missing.
Event Date 10/5/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:291545

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