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Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
14 5/8 in. (208 grams, 37.5 cm).
With scooped forward edge, straight single edge and arched triangular back; transverse mounting tang. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From a North American collection formed in the 1970s-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
PUBLISHED:
Exhibited at the Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 12th March-9th June 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.
LITERATURE:
Cf. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) no.GLO-B663A3, for a similar knife; and Underwood, R., Anglo-Saxon, Weapons & Warfare, Stroud, 1999, p.69.
FOOTNOTES:
This knife seems to be of type IV, like the one found in the Thames at Wandsworth. Based on its similarities with a specimen from Canterbury, it could be dated to the 8th century A.D. Underwood classifies these kind of knives under the typology C (angled back-curved cutting edge) dating them from the mid 6th to early 8th century A.D.
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