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Description: | A slightly bent, incomplete copper-alloy medieval scabbard chape of 12th-century date. The artefact is of thick sheet construction. Having been folded over on itself, it forms trapezoids at its base, formerly with protrusions at each end of the long edges, to give the base a U-shaped profile. Only one pair of the protruding arms survives; the other has been broken away almost entirely. The trapezoidal element thus formed is 21.2mm by 14.5mm. The surviving pair of arms (L.: 26.4mm), rectangular in plan, terminate in a lozenge. One arm has been squashed and bent slightly to one side. The terminals are perforated centrally and attached to each other by an extant rivet. Both faces of the trapezoidal element are decorated with incised, possibly rouletted lines. On one face is a cross in saltire. On the other are diagonal lines that extend from the top outwards, either side of a longitudinal incision. On this latter face are two perforations, one either side of the longitudinal incision. Both upper edges of the trapezoidal element are cusped, with wavy edge. The object has corroded to a dull grey-green colour apart from the rivets which are far redder; the chape is covered in patches of off-white corrosion product. Such a chape can be dated to the 12th century AD (cf. de Reuck, 12th century, top right, which is decorated in a similar way).
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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