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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy chape of Medieval date, probably twelfth to thirteenth century (AD 1100 ? AD 1300). Length 19.5mm, width 23.8mm and 6mm thick. Weight 5.76g. The piece has been cast in one piece and then been folded into a double plate to accommodate the end of the scabbard, which was probably for a dagger rather than a sword. One of the plates, possibly the front one, is slightly longer than the other. Each of the plates consists of a central trefoil-shaped projection flanked on either side by a raised arm which flares outwards from the centre of the chape. Each of the arms would have had a hole near their terminals to take a rivet which secured the chape to the scabbard. However, the terminals of all four arms on this chape are broken and missing. The breaks are old. As viewed in plan, the front plate is decorated with a series of grooves which radiate outwards from the centre. These grooves appear to have been created by repeated punching with a sharp pointed tool. The rear plate is decorated with three equally spaced oblique lines using the same technique as that employed at the front. The chape is corroded overall and no patina has survived. | 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: | 1100
1300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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