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Early Medieval iron knife blade
Knife with long, narrow, remarkably symmetrical blade, narrowing almost unifromly from weak shoulders tot he tip. The edge shows very little sign of whetting. Closely similar knives occur in Pagan Saxon cemeteries, for instance, Abingdon, graves 85 and 102; Snell's corner, grave S.13.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/B.7
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Cut XV, Layer 4. Context C/D C: Black, usually greasy soil, with small angular rubble; much bone, charcoal flecking; rich in finds. D: Large, often slabby stones, with smaller stones interspersed; dark humus-soil; relatively few bones or finds.
Measurements
length / mm:153
width / mm:20
thickness / mm:4
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