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Description: | A complete copper-alloy folded sheet scabbard chape, most likely to be 13th-14th century in date. Measuring 55.77mm in length and 15.41mm in width, 9.62mm in thickness. The chape tapers to a squared off point and has an oval section. The open end has V-shaped notches cut into its edges and it decorated with multiple vertical lines between aech of these. There are also circular hole beneath each V-shape. Below these there are two transverse grooves with dots within themand one the front face below this ther are five circular holes in a cluster. There is a longitudinal seam down the back face which is soldered together.
Inisde the chape a fragment of the leather scabbard survives. | Subjects: | chape | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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