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Roman iron dagger
Gently tapering blade with a flat tang. It is heavily encrusted and broken in four places.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
54.389A/6.12
Find Information
Site Name: Bear House Field, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1958
Notes: field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress : 'A' material is from the culvert. Main lateral drain - found during a demonstration section of the drain late in the summer of 1958
Acquisition
collected officially, 12/10/1954
Measurements
length / mm:290 (broken)
length / mm:260 (blade, broken)
maximum width / mm:59 (broken)
width / mm
Material
Iron
Location
In store
Classification
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