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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy sheet dagger chape, probably dating to the 15th/ 16th century AD (length: 44.7mm; width at top: 18mm; width at broken tip: 13.2mm; thickness at top: 9mm; weight: 6.57g). Of a rectangular hollow section at the top, then becomes thinner in section down its length, although the width differs slightly. The artefact is not decorated and has been folded to form its shape with a split 1.9mm wide at the back. Generally, the artefact is worn and broken but in a fair condition with small areas of bronze disease at most edges, including breaks. The chape has a dark green patina. Similar examples are illustrated in Brian Read?s ?Metal Artefacts of Antiquity?, 2001, pages 83-90, particularly ref nos 675-7, found in South-East Lincolnshire, South-West Wiltshire and South-West Dorset respectively. | 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: | 1400
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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