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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy dagger chape, dating to the Medieval period, between AD 1350 - 1500 (length: 43.5mm; width: 22mm; thickness: 8mm; weight: 7.0g).This chape is sub-triangular in plan with a hollow 'C' shaped section. The front of the artefact is decorated with a raised linear ridge that runs down the central length of the chape (length of ridge: 36mm; width of ridge: 2mm; height of ridge: approximately 2mm). The ridge terminates at a rounded knop/ tip (length of knop/ tip: 4.5mm; width of knop/ tip: 5mm; thickness of knop/ tip: 4mm), which protrudes outwards from one end of the artefact. To either side of the central ridge, there is an openwork cross design, both of which are slightly broken and incomplete at the top (length of openwork crosses: 19mm; width of crosses: 8mm) with circular open terminals to at the top as well as to the left and right. The chape is broken and incomplete immediately above these crosses. There is no decoration at the back of the chape, which is hollow to enable the scabbard or sheath to fit into place. Overall, the artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a dark green/ black patina.Similar examples are illustrated in Ward Perkins, J, B, 1967, London Museum Medieval Catalogue, Plate LXXX.Another similar example has also been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (WMID: 8FDDD1), which was found at Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire.
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