Knife blade B4998/a

Small knife blade. Both ends are broken; one end could possibly be part of a haft plate. It has a slightly marked central rib on one side and is flat on the other. Probably a knife, or possibly a saw. Length: c.5.5 cm

Location:
Holen, Time, Rogaland

Context:
Found in a stone cist in a small mound. The coffin measured 1.10 x 0.55-0.75 m and was built of plates. It was filled with fine soil, about 0.3 m deep, and the soil contained some cremated bones, charcoal and B4998/a. Several bones were found on the bottom slabs. Another grave was found higher up in the mound, some iron fragments were found around.

Date:
The object is difficult to date, possibly a later Bronze Age or pre-Roman Iron Age.