NARC-884698: Possible medieval dagger chape

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BELL

Unique ID: NARC-884698

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Published

Medieval sheet copper alloy bell formed from a strip of copper-alloy with a cast knop with a loop at the bottom. The body of the bell is conical in shape, created by bending the strip of metal into a cone. Faint traces of linear banded horizontal decoration remain, along with some gilding. See Saunders, P., 2012. Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 4. Salisbury : Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, pp.108 & 136, fig.29, no.189.

Class: Chape

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45.6 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 5.4 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hanslope (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7848
Four figure Latitude: 52.124818
Four figure longitude: -0.86207
1:25K map: SP7848
1:10K map: SP74NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Stephanie Smith wrote @ 09:58:54 on the 2nd August 2011.
Hi Tom, This could possibly be a Medieval bell pendant - see Read, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity (2001) p58 No. 464 Regards Garry Crace

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Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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