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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