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SCABBARD
Unique ID: SF5738
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Asymmetric sheet copper-alloy chape from a knife sheath or scabbard. The mouth of the chape is wedge-shaped or U-shaped, 9.5 mm in maximum width, and is slightly incurved on both faces. The reverse face has a soldered seam running down the centre. There is no decoration on the chape apart from a shiny white-metal coating. The closed end of the chape is an asymmetric point; on the wider side it is longer and has a shorter slope to the point, and on the narrower side (presumably the blade) the chape is shorter and has a longer slope to the point. It is hard to be certain about the date of such a simple object, but from analogy with other sheet chapes it may be 13th or 14th century.
Class: chape
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1200
Date to: AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 3.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2001
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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