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Description: | The object is a chape from a scabbard. It is made from cast copper alloy and probably dates to the Medieval period. In plan the chape is a sub-triangular shape which has a rounded lower tip. In section the chape has a sub-rectangular frame with slightly rounded corners. The upper edges of the chape are, on the whole, broken, but they are not recent breaks. The small portion of the original upper edge is not horizontal, but is slightly angled, at c. 30 °. The surfaces of the chape are decorated with incised cross hatching. The cross hatching is not formed by long linear obliquely angled lines in both directions, thereby forming a 'X', instead there are long lines in one direction and off these short notches in the other direction giving the appearance of cross hatching. Both surfaces are worn. The chape has a well developed mid green coloured patina on the exterior surface, the interior surface is slightly rough and has a matte surface. It weighs 7.09g, and measures 18.6mm wide, 8.2mm thick and 28.2mm long.
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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