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Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Front)

Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Front)

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Secular.

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Tallinn, Tallinn University, Department of the Archaeological Collections of Institute of History

AI 4061:2207

Bone

Height: 74 mm

Lady holding a dog.

Institution's opinion 2014: 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: piece missing at the base of the handle; blade.

Provenance
Found during the excavations of Tallinn Town Square in 1953.

Bibliography
M. Bencard, ‘Om et middelalderligt knivskaft fra Ribe’, in Fra Ribe Amt (1975), pp. 36-61 (p. 54, in relation to no. 22-23).

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