NMS-104AF3: Late Bronze Age fragment of scabbard chape

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SCABBARD

Unique ID: NMS-104AF3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of Late Bronze Age scabbard chape, cast. A tapering hollow object, both ends missing. The two wide faces are concave on either side of a median arris. Length 40mm, maximum external width 15.5mm, maximum internal width 13.5mm. It is uncertain whether this of a short tongue or long tongue type (Colquhoun in Burgess and Coombs eds. 1979, 109, fig.4.7 nos. 119-21). c.950 – c.750 BC. A very similar fragment was found in Barton Bendish in 2004 (HER 17600).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 950 BC
Date to: 750 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 15.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 20th December 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Fincham

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Burgess, C.B. and Coombs, D.G.	1979	Bronze Age Hoards: some finds old and new	Oxford	British Archaeological Reports 67	109, fig.4.7 nos. 119-21

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Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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