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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy probable sword or dagger chape of Medieval date. Only the terminal survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. It is crescentic in form and rectangular in section. The outer edge is folded backwards to create a crescentic hollow on the back face. In the centre of the front face is a damaged probable U-shaped notch, with a circular rivet hole to either side. Radiating from the notch is diagonal groove decoration. The back face is undecorated.This chape measures 25.00mm in length, 42.77mm in width, 12.23mm in thickness, 26.48g in weight.There is a similar example recorded in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue (LMMC, 1967, p.281, fig.16).
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