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Collection Item: Knife

Basic info

Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Knife
Object category
Anglo-Scandinavian
Description
Knife blade with bone handle with incised ring and dot ornament and two bands of cross-hatching. Description and illustration (figure7.10) in Waterman 1959 p. 73: ' In a few cases handles of wood and bone are preserved. This form of knife is recognised in Scandinavia during the Viking Age, and occurs at the Saxon town of Thetford, in Norfolk, the offsetting of blade form tang and the greater length of the tang in proportion to the blade being consistant features.'
Production date start
866
Production date end
1066
Period
Anglo-Scandinavian

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 1948.620
Number of objects
1
ID
7482

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Iron (material) (Blade)
Bone (Handle)
Dimensions
Whole length 13.7 cm
Handle length 7.1 cm
Handle width 1.7 cm
Handle thickness 1.0
Blade thickness 0.4 cm

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Place
York