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Description: | A copper-alloy scabbard chape, dating from the Medieval period.The chape has been made from a single piece of sheet metal which has been rolled into a cone and then partially flattened. At the top, the front and back edges are concave; the vertical seam is visible on the back face and the tip is damaged. A pair of rivet holes flank the aforementioned seam, both located a short distance below the chape's top edge.Length: 28.5mm; width: 17mm; depth: 8.4mm. Weight (soil-filled): 5.18g.Helen Geake dates sheet metal chapes of this type to the 13th and 14th centuries (2001: Ill. 31).
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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