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SCABBARD
Unique ID: NLM-5BD697
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy medieval scabbard chape. The incomplete openwork tongue shape front plate is decorated with at least six asymmetrical apertures. The length is 54.2mm, the thickness is 1.7mm and the weight is 14.40g.
Rob Webley kindly comments: 'I wonder whether this one is far earlier, by reference to LANCUM-692561, and the 'Birka falcons' it mentions?'. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-950.
Class: chape
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.4 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 11.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM12380
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Willoughby with Sloothby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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