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Description: | An incomplete sheet copper alloy sword or dagger chape of Medieval date. It is missing parts of the attachment end due to old breaks. It is formed from a single sheet of copper alloy that has been folded around to form a hollow chape of sub-triangular shape and oval shaped section, with rounded terminal end and a long seam visible running down the back face. The seam has suffered from some post-depositional damage resulting in it being spread open, the attachment end at the back face partially incomplete due to old breaks. At the attachment end of the front face is openwork decoration comprising a transverse oval shaped perforation with central triangular notch extending a small distance down the front face of the chape. All exterior surfaces have traces of an added white metal coating. The entire object measures 27.87mm in length, 13.23mm in width, 7.34mm in thickness, and weighs 1.89g. The use of a simple folded sheet of copper alloy to form the chape such as this is indicative of a Medieval date in the 13th or 14th centuries AD. Similar parallels are noted from Medieval Winchester (Biddle, 1990: nos. 4033-4034). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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