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SCABBARD
Unique ID: WILT-99CF37
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval or Post-Medieval (1300-1600) narrow-pointed dagger or sword chape, made from a single sheet of tinned copper alloy rolled over, cut and folded at the base. The open end, which is slightly squashed, is triangular in shape.
The chape measures 32.84x13.47x8.69mm and weighs 3.3g. The sheet metal is 0.64mm thick and joins at the back. Much of the original patina is missing, and there is a trace of tinning close to the join. There is some damage at the open end.
Cf. Read 2001, no.671 and 673. Read comments that styles and shapes being so similar, it is difficult to tell whether detached scabbard chapes belonged to swords or daggers.
Class: chape
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.84 mm
Width: 13.47 mm
Thickness: 8.69 mm
Weight: 3.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th September 2011 - Tuesday 1st November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Salisbury Museum Entry Form 3778
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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