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Description: | A copper-alloy sheet-metal chape from a Medieval sword or dagger scabbard.The object has been formed by rolling the sheet into a cone and then flattening it. Traces of solder adjacent to the vertical back edge indicates the means by which the two sides were joined. At the top is a single rivet hole. The chape is incomplete and heavily corroded. It measures 41mm long, 27.8mm wide and 7.2mm thick. The weight is 4.8g.
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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