Record ID: LON-CCEF56
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age short sword with copper alloy scabbard elements dating from 100 BC - 43 AD. The sword is corroded and missing part of the tang. Parts of the scabbard remain. The chape frame is a type a2 lobed chape end. The scabbard was approximately mm long, represented by a copper alloy plate at the mouth a copper alloy chape; the main body of the scabbard may have been of an organic material either leather or wood. The short copper alloy front plate is mm wide and mm deep, with a low campanulate mouth (about mm) high. The reverse of the plate has a iron rivet. The mouth desi…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
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