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Description: | An incomplete sheet copper-alloy sword or dagger scabbard chape of probable 13th or 14th century AD date.The chape has been made from a piece of sheet metal which has been folded into a squashed open-ended cone. The two edges meet in a vertical seam on the back of the chape and overlap slightly. At the top of the front face there are the remains of two rivet holes and at the rear the remains of one hole can be seen. These holes are difficult to see as a break has occurred through them.31.0 x 19.4 x 8.0mm. Weight: 7.81. The weight includes soil within the chape.For a similar chape, see (Geake: 2001, 69, illustration 31).Similar chapes are also illustated in Read: 2001, 89-90.
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