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Description: | A copper-alloy sword or dagger scabbard chape of probable 13th or 14th century AD date (Geake, 2001, illust. 31). The object, which is now damaged and incomplete, has been made from a piece of sheet metal which has been folded into an open-ended cone. At the front, the top edge has been cut so that a protrusion with a convex upper edge sits within a depression. Situated within this protrusion is the uppermost of five punched holes in a cruciform arrangement. A further punched hole, located to the right of the cross, is probably a rivet hole for attaching the chape to the scabbard. The damaged bottom edge of the chape also appears to have been decoratively cut. At the back there is one surviving vertical edge.The chape measures 29.6mm long, 20.5mm wide and 5mm thick. The weight is 2.1g.
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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