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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy sword scabbard chape, the lower part of the front face in delicate condition with parts of the surface covered by adherent soil. Decoration consists of a median rib and an offset running parallel to the circular base and edge. Closely paralleled by finds from the German limes (Oldenstein 1976 Taf. 19 and 20). See also an apparently smaller example without stated provenance, which is decorated, as the German chapes, in its upper part with two pelta-shaped openings (Appels and Laycock 2007, 49 figs. AA5.31-2) for a spatha, a long, two-edged cavalry sword without a point. Width 60.5mm. Length >45mm. 2nd - 3rd century.
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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