File:BA tanged knife (FindID 1015620).jpg

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BA tanged knife
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Derby Museums Trust, Megan Gard, 2020-11-11 11:36:43
Title
BA tanged knife
Description
English: An incomplete Middle to Late Bronze Age copper-alloy tanged knife dating to the period c. 1300 - 800 BC. The tang is rectangular and damaged, with a single circular rivet hole for the attachment of the missing handle. The blade is sub-rectangular and expands slightly before tapering slowly towards an old break slightly above the tip. The knife has a very dark green almost black patina.

Length: 120.15 mm
Width: 17.83 mm
Thickness: 2.65 mm
Weight: 21.1 g

Similar tanged knives on the database include: <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/515638">NMS-27C352</a> <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/779639">DOR-761B1C</a> and <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/791878">SOM-BCDC68</a>
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 1300 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 1015620
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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/1121596
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1121596/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1015620
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Object location52° 39′ 54.36″ N, 0° 51′ 13.78″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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