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Unique ID: HAMP1112

Object type certainty: Certain

Cast copper-alloy two-piece sword chape. The back-plate is intact, but damaged. Knobbed terminal. Shaped top in the form of three fleur-de-lis with open-work decoration below consisting of two rows of circular holes. Two horizontal grooves below. The main panel has an open-work trefoil with a rectangular hole extending from the top.

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Class: Chape

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Length: 50.5 mm
Width: 32 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration method: Openwork [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Test Valley
To be known as: HAMPSHIRE WHERWELL

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Sally Worrell - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Sally Worrell - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Thursday 14th June 2001
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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