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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
One side of the handle of a knife; the other half is wanting, but no doubt it corresponded with this in the rivet-holes and in the lines which run diagonally across. The lines were probably either for ornament or to afford a firmer grasp to the hand. They seem too small to have been used for thongs to bind the parts of the handle together; so that the security of the handle must have depended entirely on the rivets.
Source: Isca Silurum or, An illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Antiquities at Caerleon by John Edward Lee. Caerleon (Wales). Museum of Antiquities; 1862.
Site Name: Caerwent Baths, Caerwent
