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Anglo-Saxon iron knife
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Kent County Council, Andrew Richardson, 2004-01-13 16:18:27
Title
Anglo-Saxon iron knife
Description
English: Anglo-Saxon iron knife. Single edged, with angled back and straight cutting edge. Overall the knife measures 118.37mm long, and is 25.10mm wide at the widest part of the blade. The blade is 4.39mm thick at its thickest part. The tang is 35mm long. No trace of the organic handle is visible. Evison (1987) assigned knives of this type to her Type 5, datable to the 6th to 8th centuries AD.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 500 and 800
Accession number
FindID: 57527
Old ref: KENT-9581B5
Filename: PAK97-056.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/16315
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/16315/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/57527
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