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Roman copper alloy scalpel handle
Heavy rectangular block with a slit in one end to take the blade. A flat leaf-shaped terminal projects from the other end. The slit still contains the flat tang of the iron blade.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
84.119H/2.1
Find Information
Site Name: Isca Grange, Caerleon
Collection Method: Excavation
Date: 1984
Acquisition
donation, 19/12/1984
Measurements
Length
(mm): 46.0 (handle)
Width
(mm): 11.0 (handle)
thickness
(mm): 9.0 (handle)
Length
(mm): 50.0 (blade)
Width
(mm): 15.0 (blade)
thickness
(mm): 4.0 (blade)
Material
Copper alloy
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