SCABBARD
Unique ID: HAMP-952070
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
The terminal of a scabbard chape. This type would originally have had a pair of arms extending from the sides of the chape, each terminating with a rivet. One side has an engraved diagonal cross, the other radiating lines.
L. 16.6mm. W. 21.65mm-15.6mm. Th. 4.3mm. Wt. 5.11g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Length: 16.6 mm
Width: 21.65 mm
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 5.11 g
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd November 2003
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mrs Jodi
Puls
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Identified by: Mrs Jodi
Puls - [view all attributed records]
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Test Valley
To be known as: Kings Somborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]
References cited
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Created:
Tuesday 29th March 2005
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
