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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy medieval scabbard chape of 12th-century date, two fragments survive. Only one of the arms and part of the rectangular element survives. The arm is broadly rectangular in plan and cross section, the top of the arm is 6.25mm wide with a circular perforation filled with iron corrosion. It tapers towards the rectangular element (3.1mm wide min). The arm is 33.35mm in length and is broken the remaining section of the arm is attached to the rectangular element. The arm thickens slightly at a small step before expanding into the rectangular element which is 14.6mm wide and 8.0mm in length, there are two circular knops projecting from the base of the rectangular element. An iron rivet is visible within the element, corrosion product is visible on the reverse. The chape appears to be undecorated and the reverse is flat. The chape is corroded in places and has a mid green patina.
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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