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CHAPE
Unique ID: SF-F68A12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper-alloy rolled sheet metal chape. The chape is cylindrical, and its upper edge is incomplete due to old breaks. There are five rivet holes close to the upper edge. The chape is plain, and tapers to its foot which is oval. It measures 39.50mm in length, 25.80mm in width at the attachment edge and weighs 5.30g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.5 mm
Width: 25.8 mm
Weight: 5.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Nr Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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