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CHAPE
Unique ID: BERK-439A35
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete sheet copper alloy dagger scabbard chape of the late medieval period. This example is made from a plain copper alloy sheet, about 1mm thick, which has been folded into a conical shape. The edges have been overlapped, with iron corrosion near the top of the chape suggesting it was secured by means of a small rivet, as well as probable soldering. The base (tip) of the chape is broken and missing. The are four horizontal indenations running across the front of the chape as decoration, while the reverse is plain and undecoated. This style of chape was in use between c. AD 1300-1500.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.7 mm
Width: 18.3 mm
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 4.1 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2015.711
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Heythrop (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3328
Four figure Latitude: 51.94952064
Four figure longitude: -1.52126587
1:25K map: SP3328
1:10K map: SP32NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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