File:630 Knife view b (FindID 105517).jpg

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630 Knife view b.jpg
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2005-09-01 11:20:22
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630 Knife view b.jpg
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English: Whittle tanged iron knife, length 88mm, width 19mm, thickness 5mm. Remains of the rectangular cross section tang survive, 11mm long, 14mm wide, thickness 6mm. The back of the knife is stepped by 5mm, the back is approximately 3mm wide, the tip is missing. Most of the blade has corroded away, leaving an uneven edge. The reason the blade may have been affected by corrosion so much more so than the rest of the knife is probably because the knife is made of iron whilst the blade may have had a higher carbon content (ie steel), the carbon in the iron helps to facilitate corrosion.
Because the knife is so corroded it is difficult to give an exact date but this style of knife has be found in excavations in Jorvic and London and a 9th-14th century date is possible.
Depicted place (County of findspot) South Gloucestershire
Date between 800 and 1400
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FindID: 105517
Old ref: GLO-DCE0F6
Filename: 630 Knife view b.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/73617
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/73617/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/105517
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