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Early Medieval iron knife blade
Medium knife with long straight back and weak shoulders. The blade was evidently narrow, and has been reduced further by whetting.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/B.4
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Cut XV, Layer 3. Context D D: Large, often slabby stones, with smaller stones interspersed; dark humus-soil; relatively few bones or finds.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:99
width / mm:14
thickness / mm:3
Material
iron
Techniques
forged
Location
In store
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