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Roman: Sword hilt fragment
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Surrey County Council, David Williams, 2012-03-14 15:33:44
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Roman: Sword hilt fragment
Description
English: A guard or component from the hilt of a Roman, or late Iron Age, sword or dagger of 1st century AD date. Part of the tang/blade junction survives within. The guard retains slight traces of niello lines on the edges and on the collar. The surviving tang measures 18.63mm x c8mm and the blade measures 36.17mm x 6.65mm.

An idea of how such hilt guards were used can be gained from the swords found at Cotterdale, Yorkshire (MacGregor 1976, no.143) and Hod Hill, Dorset (Manning 1985 149, V3), the latter probably being a Roman sword.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Surrey
Date between 40 and 120
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FindID: 493857
Old ref: SUR-0BA197
Filename: DSCN5683.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/374111
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/374111
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/493857
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Object location51° 08′ 08.52″ N, 0° 29′ 30.13″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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