|
Date: |
|
Description: | A copper-alloy chape, which has been made by being cast and then folded in two, it is 43mm in length and 23mm in width. The chape has a straight terminal, where the fold is, and is rectangular in shape tapering slightly towards the terminal. There is a central circular perforation near to the top edge which is 5mm in internal diameter. One pair of vertical side projections is missing due to an old break, the surviving pair are 24mm in length and rectangular in cross-section with a width of 4mm, they have circular perforations near their top edges. The chape is decorated with grooves, now very worn, which seem to radiate from the central perforation, traces of gilding can also be seen. Similar chapes have been discovered in Winchester and are dated to the late 12th and 13th centuries (Biddle 1990, p1082-1083, Fig, 348, No's, 4030 and 4031). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1250
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
SCABBARD
A copper-alloy chape, which has…
-
SCABBARD
A copper-alloy chape, which has…
-
SCABBARD
an incomplete copper alloy medieval…
-
SCABBARD
an incomplete copper alloy medieval…
-
scabbard
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval scabbard…
-
SCABBARD
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval scabbard…
-
SCABBARD
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval scabbard…
-
sword
An incomplete copper-alloy chape. The…
-
SWORD
An incomplete copper-alloy chape. The…
-
SWORD
An incomplete copper-alloy chape. The…
|