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SCABBARD
Unique ID: SUR-65644A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy sword or dagger scabbard chape of medieval date, (c 12th-13th century). The chape comprises a sheet of metal with a transverse fold at the lower margin, creating trapezoidal plates on either side, the upper margins of each having decorative cutaways. The front of each plate has incised decoration; one side with a saltire the other with a herringbone pattern of lines. Each plate has two long projecting arms from the top corners which terminate in circular rivet holes with traces of iron rivets remaining.
Notes:
See also SF-E89067, PUBLIC-E5EE9F, WILT-9D820A, WILT-C48BDC etc. Also Biddle (1990) nos. 4030-4031.
Recorded from details emailed from the finder.
Class: chape
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 37 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
District: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cookham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU8883
Four figure Latitude: 51.53905124
Four figure longitude: -0.73254397
1:25K map: SU8883
1:10K map: SU88SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biddle, M. | 1990 | Artefacts from Medieval Winchester: Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester | Oxford | Clarendon Press | 4030, 4031 |
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