Accession No
TEMP.01286
Description
Iron knife with tang. Narrow blade with curved blade back and straight cutting edge. Some loss from the cutting edge, blade bent.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath; Rearing Field
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
?Lethbridge, Mina [donor]; ?Briscoe, Grace (Lady) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.01286
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
93mm
Events
Context (References)
West, Stanley. (1998). A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk. East Anglian Archaeology, EAA 84. pp. 73-80
Event Date 1998
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Kate Sutton: 'One tanged knife found unnumbered.'
Event Date 8/6/2001
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Found together / assemblage)
TEMP.01286 was found with 1974.415.3, but did not match any objects described on the catalogue card or in the accession register for 1974.415. The decision was made to assign it a TEMP number.
Event Date 18/5/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with tang. Narrow blade with curved blade back and straight cutting edge. Some loss from the cutting edge, blade bent.
Event Date 18/5/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:291814
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