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Description: | Roman or Early Medieval (7th century) seax scabbard chape: The copper alloy mount is a quarter-circle in plan, with the corner edge pointing downwards. The chape is a hollow rectangle in section and the vertical lateral edge and curved edge are enclosed and angular. The upper horizontal edge is straight and complete on one face; the other face is damaged and incomplete. It appears to have been squashed and fragments are pushed within the chape. Both faces and the lateral edge are decorated with ring-and-dot impressions. The surface is abraded and has a light green patina. It measures 27.34mm long, 26.15mm wide, 5.53mm thick and weighs 7.4g.The chape is a seax scabbard chape which dates to the 7th century.Helen Geake (pers comm) comments these types of chapes are found over a wide range which includes Bedfordshire, Wiltshire, Cambridgeshire and Kent and parallels are found in graves including Marina Drive D2, Ford 18, Shudy Camps 36, Polhill 83 (although this last was disturbed in the fill rather than being a proper grave-good).This appears to be the first example on the PAS database atthe time of writing.
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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