Detail View: The AMICA Library: Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax)

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1919.1014
AMICA Library Year: 
1998
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
European; Frankish
Creator Name-CRT: 
Frankish, Champagne (?), 7th century
Title: 
Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax)
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
600s
Creation Start Date: 
600
Creation End Date: 
699
Materials and Techniques: 
iron and gold leaf
Classification Term: 
Armor
Classification Term: 
Arms
Classification Term: 
Arms
Dimensions: 
Overall:
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1919.1014
Credit Line: 
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Inscriptions: 
guard decorated with two bands of gold filigree between which is a thin band of plain gold with an embossed inscription.
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.knives1.tif