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Description: | A cast copper-alloy object, similar to a split pin; probably the chape from an early Anglo-Saxon scabbard. The object comprises a rounded knop, with two prongs extending from the knop; one of the prongs has broken, the other survives intact. The metal is a mid jade-green colour and the surface is slightly pitted.The object looks very like a scabbard chape of the type catalogued by Menghin (1983). Before the advent of the PAS these were exceptionally rare archaeological finds, but in the last few years several have been found and recorded on the PAS database: SF2799, SUR-72CF23, DENO-061D23, IOW-C1B525, NMS-751713 and LEIC-7F2E18.Because of its fragmentary state, and the poor conditions of its recording, it cannot be fitted into Menghin's classification. In general Menghin's evidence suggests a fifth-century date, but the group of English chapes may differ slightly both in form and in date. It was recorded at a rally, where other early Anglo-Saxon material was also found.
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