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SCABBARD
Unique ID: SUSS-B1C548
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, copper alloy, Late Medieval- Post Medieval, scabbard chape, AD.1400-1600. The chape is formed from a single sheet of copper alloy that has been rolled to form a conical shape, a rivet hole is present at the wide end of the cone, to secure it to the leather scabbard or sheath. The closed end of the chape has been formed by cutting the sheet into triangles and pressing them shut. There is some damage at this end of the chape that has resulted in the loss of some of the closure. The top of the chape is also damaged around the edges. Chapes such as this were common on small dagger sheathes in the 15th-16th century for Ballock and Rondel daggers amongst other types.
Class: chape
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.67 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 9.05 mm
Weight: 3.2 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Ditchling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3213
Four figure Latitude: 50.90139617
Four figure longitude: -0.12417686
1:25K map: TQ3213
1:10K map: TQ31SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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