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Roman copper alloy knife handle
Possibly part of a knife handle. The object comprises the bronze element of what was apparently a knife with an iron blade and a handle of bone or wood held together at their junction by a bronze unit. Part of the iron blade remains riveted into position at one end of the object; at the other end there is provision for the insertion of a handle of circular cross-section, and traces of rivets remain to secure it.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.165H/92
Find Information
Site Name: Roman Gates Site, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1980-1981
Notes: found during the excavation of barrack-blocks etc. on the 'Roman Gates' site, carried out by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.
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