Accession No
Z 16058 A.4
Description
Iron knife. Smooth transition from tang to blade, sloping shoulder and choil. Blade back thicker than cutting edge. Tip of tang and blade missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath; Undley
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16058 A.4
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
87mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note found with object reads: '(?) Undley A. 95.270, Z 16058'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett
Description (Physical description)
Group of Anglo Saxon grave goods, brooches etc., also amber and glass beads
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett
Context (Display)
Old display label reads: 'Anglo-Saxon group of objects, probably not an associated find. Almost certainly from Undley, Suffolk'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett
Context (Related Documents)
One card has the following entry: " Group of objects, probably not an associated find"
Event Date 18/9/1987
Author: Louise Puckett
Context (References)
West, Stanley. (1998). A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk. East Anglian Archaeology, EAA 84. p. 79
Event Date 1998
Author: Louise Puckett
Description (Physical description)
Kate Sutton description for Z 16058 A-C: 'Head plate and the bow of a small long brooch; a bronze stud; chalk bead; 15 amber beads; 2 blue glass beads; 1 red and yellow striped bead; 1 yellow, red and dark blue bead; 1 pale green melon bead; 1 blue with red and white spots bead; 1 crystal bead; a ring of pottery, use unknown; 1 band of bronze forming a ring; backplate of an applied brooch, bronze; iron buckle with tongue; girdle hanger; part of bucket mount; iron ?knife fragment; two broken pieces of iron.'
Event Date 15/8/2001
Author: Louise Puckett
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife. Smooth transition from tang to blade, sloping shoulder and choil. Blade back thicker than cutting edge. Tip of tang and blade missing.
Event Date 17/5/2021
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:291781
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