Accession No
1927.694 E
Description
Iron knife with straight blade back, then obtuse-angled shoulder leading to tapering tang with rounded terminal. Slightly curved cutting edge; no choil present. Heavily corroded and delaminating; section of cutting edge missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; ?Cambridgeshire
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Ridgeway, William (Professor Sir) [bequeather]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1927.694 E; MAA: ?Z 27378
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
128mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
In bad condition but recognisable.
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card note: 'No labels. The boss, spears etc. might belong either to the Tuddenham group (1927.680) or the Freckenham group (1927.681) or all these objects may be separate finds.'
Event Date 1927
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with straight blade back, then obtuse-angled shoulder leading to tapering tang with rounded terminal. Slightly curved cutting edge; no choil present. Heavily corroded and delaminating; section of cutting edge missing.
Event Date 14/5/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:291703
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