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Description: | dagger chape 47mm long 25mm wide 7mm deep, has an isosceles triangle shape, the long side are bowed outwards slightly, at the base is a collared knop. The attachment end is concave with a raised border. The strap end is made from a folded sheet of copper alloy the sides are rounded and the slot for the dagger tip is 4mm,, but has become slightly misshaped. The reverse is plain with the exception of a rectangular slot 20mm long and 4mm wide that runs across the back. A seam where the sheet was soldered together is visible running down the back, the knop would have been soldered on as well. That artefact is in a fair condition, there is a hole on either side of the front where corrosion has eaten away at the walls. The surface of the object is mid green and pitted most of the original surface has fake away although there are patchy remains or a dark green patina.
This artefact would have been a dagger chape, examples are known from archaeological contexts in London and have been dated to the 14th-16th centuries (Ward, 1967, 280-288). | Subjects: | chape | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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