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Early Medieval iron knife blade
Medium-sized knife with straight back; fairly strong, sloping shoulders; upward curving point, and wide blade much reduced by whetting.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/B.5
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 4; Cut XII, Layer 2. Context B B: Reddish clay or soil with angular rubble or gravel, all with an unweathered freshly qurried appearance; very little bone or other rubbish.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:110
width / mm:20
thickness / mm:2
Material
iron
Techniques
forged
Location
In store
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