- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Iron knife
- Long description
- Iron knife. Single edged sub-triangular blade with nearly straight back and blade. Long rectangular tapering tang with copper alloy cap on butt. [JW [Excav. PR] 21/01/2013]
- Geographical reference
- England Surrey Reigate
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Thomas Hart
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Iron Age
- Date collected
- By 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 14 mm, Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 310 mm, Weight 123 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.121.9
1884.121.9
Iron knife
1884.121.9
Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
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