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SCABBARD
Unique ID: BUC-76EAB1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of the terminal end of a Late Bronze Age sword chape. The chape is hollow and of lozenge-shape section with rounded (or worn) corners. The enclosed terminal is very slightly expanded. The chape fragment is broken at the upper edge.
Notes:
This appears to be part of a hoard (see other records). The presence of this type of chape would suggest a Late Bronze Age date for the hoard. Similar chapes were found in the Guilsfield Hoard (Savory 1980 p. 185 fig. 37).
Class: Chape
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1150 BC
Date to: 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.06 mm
Width: 12.58 mm
Thickness: 1.29 mm
Weight: 8.27 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 5th July 1991
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: Saunderton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Connor, B. | 1980 | Cross-Channel Relations in the Later Bronze Age | Oxford | British Archaeological Reports 91 | 146-7 | ||
| Savory, H.N. | 1980 | Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age Collections | Cardiff | National Museums and Galleries of Wales | 185 | fig. 37 |
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