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Description: | An incomplete sheet copper alloy scabbard chape (probably for a small dagger), probably dating to the Medieval period, between AD 1100 - 1400 (length: 29.5mm; width at open top: 14.5mm; thickness: 7mm; weight: 2.6g).The hollow scabbard chape is sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectangular in section. The top of the artefact (the widest point) has an incomplete and broken edge, although a circular rivet hole (the rivet is now missing) (diameter: 2.5mm) is visible to the right side immediately below the edge. There is a small hole in the opposing left side, but this appears to be a small break and not a rivet hole. The front of the chape is decorated with crude incised markings comprising of three incised straight lines running down the length of the artefact at approximately 3.5mm apart. In between these lines, there is additional linear decoration. The first row consists of nine slanted linear markings running widthwise. The second row consists of two '
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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