Knife, Bronze, iron, cast, chased, bronze, iron, Total: Height: 2,8 cm; Width: 15,9 cm; Width: 7 cm (handle), tools, ram (animal), animals as ornament, Early Imperial Period, Augustus, Tiberius, The knife made of iron with a wide blade, bulging at the front, was provided with a bronze ram head at the end of the handle. The large, winding horns are striking. The knife served as a burial object and was laid down in a Roman cauldron found during excavations by Gustav Schwantes around or before 1914 in the necropolis of Nienbüttel (district of Uelzen).
RMID:Image ID:2DNT2CF
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4320 x 1498 px | 36.6 x 12.7 cm | 14.4 x 5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
20 March 2017Photographer:
ArtokoloroMore information:
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