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Description: | A sheet copper alloy sword or dagger chape of Medieval date. It is formed from a single sheet of copper alloy that has been folded around to form the hollow, sub-triangular shape and oval section of the chape, with rounded terminal end and a long seam visible running down the back face. The seam is apparently not soldered together, the two sides of the chape just meeting at the centre, but instead would have been secured to the scabbard by means of rivets. Single circular rivet holes are noted to each side of the shoulder of the chape and a further single hole is visible on the back face close to the open end of the chape. At the open end the front face is openwork decoration formed from a series of semi-circular cuts graduated from the centre of the chape outwards to the upper edge. The entire object measures 39.12mm in length, 22.22mm in width, 8.63mm in thickness, and weighs 5.49g. The use of a simple folded sheet of copper alloy to form the chape such as this is indicative of a Medieval date in the 13th or 14th centuries AD. Similar parallels are noted from Medieval Winchester (Biddle, 1990: nos. 4033-4034). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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