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It 's a knife handle.
A slice of the end nearest the blade broken off.
A long tang was formerly thrust into this pierced end and secured by two crossed rivets.
One side, incised geometric motives (circles in lattice work), parallel lines, diagonals, and a double semi circle at the wide end, containing rays, and flanked by a circle and dot on either side.
On the other, double incised lattice work. The design of the wide end is much like that of the first of side. On the blade end, a haloed head and part of the drapery, on the left shoulder, showing.