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SCABBARD
Unique ID: SF-463955
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy probably late Iron Age to Roman dagger scabbard chape, dating 1st century BC - 1st century AD, Piggott (1950, PPS 16, 1-28) Group III. It consists of hollow cast sub-circular main element, which has the a pointed oval opening along the median longitudinal axis of both the wider faces. The top edges have a shallow V shape in plan. There is a knop protruding from the top edge of each narrow sides. The underside of the main element has a rounded knop extending at right angle to the the wider faces of the chape. Inside the chape there is a fragmentary copper-alloy sheet folded to adhere to the inner sides of the main element. The chape is abraded and pitted.
The shape suggests a late Iron Age to Roman date. See parallel on PAS database: SF-8A9A39
Length: 19.65 mm
Width: 13.69 mm
Thickness of the central element: 4.19 mm
Weight: 3.40 g
Class: chape
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.65 mm
Width: 13.69 mm
Thickness: 4.19 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 081
Other reference: Finder reference SS15 180
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Openwork
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Rendlesham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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