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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1981.1.570 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name handle, knife handle Description A bone knife handle inscribed with FLAMMA SENOVARI, the flame of Senovarus. Flamma may have been the knife's nickname. Senovarus is an Iron Age British name, suggesting the owner was a local to Britain. It is likely this object was the handle of a knife, though it could have been any other tool or utensil. Production date 0200 - 0400 Production period Roman Inscription Content FLAMMA SENOVARI Inscription Translation The flame of Senovarus Material bone Dimensions length: 83.00 mm width: 21.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1981.1.570
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

handle, knife handle
Description

A bone knife handle inscribed with FLAMMA SENOVARI, the flame of Senovarus. Flamma may have been the knife's nickname. Senovarus is an Iron Age British name, suggesting the owner was a local to Britain. It is likely this object was the handle of a knife, though it could have been any other tool or utensil.
Production date

0200 - 0400
Production period

Roman
Inscription Content

FLAMMA SENOVARI
Inscription Translation

The flame of Senovarus
Material

bone
Dimensions

Details