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Description: | A complete and damaged folded sheet copper alloy dagger chape of probable Medieval date (AD 1300 - AD 1500). Length 36.0mm, width 25.5mm and 11.0mm thick. The sheet is about 0.3mm thick. Weight 8.49g. (the weight includes some soil).
The chape is damaged and flattened so that its original shape cannot be precisely ascertained. However, it has two longitudinal edges that would have probably been joined by solder although no evidence for solder has survived. The sides taper inwards from the top towards the bottom. At the top its flattened width is 25.5mm and at the bottom the width is 11.0mm. The attachment end (now flattened) would probably have been oval or circular as viewed from above. The terminal end is rounded and has a minimum diameter of about 11.0mm. Close to the attachment end there are three decorative circumferential shallow grooves, otherwise the faces are plain.
The artefact is damaged and in poor condition. A patina has not survived and the metal is a reddish colour on its outer surfaces. The inside of the chape is mainly obscured by soil. | 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: | 1300
1500 | 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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