Object: Socketed Knife
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London, Society of Antiquaries Collection, B.11,(sent to Sir Joseph Banks by Rev. M. Hitchins)
Site: England,Cornwall,St. Hilary
Parish: St. Hilary
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Grid reference: c. SW 55 31
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 205
Width (mm): 30
Edge (mm): 32
Thickness (mm): 6
Surface: Mainly dull dark green; odd patches deteriorating to pale dusty green.
Associations: 1a. Hoard
Description: Dimensions: L 205mm; Wbl. 31.5mm; Ws.m. 30.0; W.s. base 28.0; min. W.S. 24.5; Tbl 5.7; B.s.m. 19.5; B.s. base 9.8,Typology: broad flattened midrib with v. sl. medial swelling; outer concave-bevelled edges; sl. shoulders to blade close to straight line of s. base; s. elliptical with flattened sides, but corners rounded; two pairs of pegholes through sides; s. end flat, thin & rectangular.,Manufacture: pits on s. face - including two sizeable - prob. cg. flaws,Condition: tip fracture prob. anc. - soil traces; parts of e. quite sharp, parts irreg. - uncertain whether anc. dam.; scoremarks & filemarks over much of sur. - prob. recent?,Attached Material: fawn soil adhering to parts of bl. & inner s. & bl. tip fracture.
Remarks: Labels/Markings: white ink inscr. 'B.11',PIF; AFI; DF(C); SI; CI; Rec.: SN Feb 79; Source: MV; Old Card: 1