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SCABBARD
Unique ID: NLM-AE7465
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy possible scabbard chape. A sub-triangular object made of sheet metal of thickness 0.6mm with a possibly stamped panel of decoration on its display face, an indented upper edge where rivets may have secured chape to scabbard. The object appears partly unrolled behind; it was originally presumably constructed with an overlapping seam. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500
Length: 20.3mm, Width: 10.9mm, Thickness (overall): 3.3mm, Weight: 1.19gms
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 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.3 mm
Width: 10.9 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 1.19 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35201
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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