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Description: | 11th- or 12th-century scabbard chape made from copper alloy. Roughly a right-angled triangle in shape, one corner extends into a long arm ending in a rounded lobe with a rivet hole. At the other end of this arm, at the right angle, is a second rivet hole. The other corner is decoratively shaped, perhaps in the form of an animal head. In the centre is an irregular straight-sided quadrilateral hole.This object is similar to those published in P. Woods, 'The Chapes Research Project', The Searcher March-October 2006, and thought to be 11th- or 12th-century scabbard chapes. It is not exactly like any of the published types, though, and so it is hard to decode its appearance or decide whether it is complete or not. The dating is accomplished on art-historical grounds, some having a Romanesque appearance.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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