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Description: | An Early Medieval cast copper alloy scabbard chape, dating to the 11th century. The chape has an openwork zoomorphic form representing a horse, or possibly a knight on horseback. The horse has four legs with bi-scalloped feet; the head has a pointed top, fashioned to represent ears. The back of the horse has an openwork trapezoidal void and the outer edge of the frame surrounding that void has several scallops removed from its outer edge and an upper segment finishing in a small knop. The chape is fashioned from a single piece of metal which has been folded back 180 degrees into a symmetrical U-shape. The fold is made at the edge that represents the horse's forehead; the opposite chape end is held together with a single copper alloy circular-section rivet, positioned above and behind the rear leg. There are lines of indented decoration above the foreleg rising to a triangular point. Furthermore, there are raised piri-form shapes at the centre of the horse's back and at the top of either leg. It is possible this decoration is associated with armour and a rider sitting on the centre of the horse, a feature which may have been broken away through damage. However, it is not possible to tell from the surface of the metal if there is a break at this point. The chape measures 33.6 mm long, 19.4 mm wide, 7.1 mm thick, and weighs 6.43 grams.There are a several chapes of related form on the PAS database, cf. WAW-03F886 and BH-9C3582.
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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