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SCABBARD
Unique ID: SUR-19DA16
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
The lower part of a chape decorated with punched zig-zag lines. On one side the lines radiate from a central line, and on the other is a saltire cross. The arm extensions on either side are missing but would have terminated in fixing rivets.
Notes:
The decoration is ubiquitous on this type of chape.
Class: chape
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Exactly AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Width: 22 mm
Weight: 4.02 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Engraved
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Mole Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Ockley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ1440
Four figure Latitude: 51.147919
Four figure longitude: -0.371558
1:25K map: TQ1440
1:10K map: TQ14SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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