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SCABBARD
Unique ID: NLM228
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
Sheet copper alloy mount, main section gently curved across its width, this area bears incised decoration the details of which are unclear but may have been zoomorphic.Below this are the remains of what appears to have been openwork, perhaps architectural. From the top of central panel extend two narrow arms through each of which were two iron rivets/nails. This object might have been the face plate from a scabbard locket and would perhaps be better viewed inverted. Length 33.4mm, Width 18.9mm, Thickness (of sheet) 1.1mm, Mass 5.11g
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Class' added: 'Fitting'. Drawing ref. amended from NLPS 0261 to NLPS0261 following prevailing convention.
Class: Fitting
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: 33.4 mm
Width: 18.7 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 5.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th November 1997
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLPS0261
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Decoration method: Incised
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: WEST LINDSEY
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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