Record ID: WREX-C7F53A
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy, possibly La Tène type, dagger or sword chape dating to the Early Iron Age (800-300 BC). The chape is anchor-shaped and consists of a rectangular (oval in section) central section which narrows. From this project two curving and tapering arms which create the anchor shape. These arms terminate in a circular bulbous projection, which have a slight indentation on one side only. The terminals are attached to the main body of the object by a small strip of copper alloy.There are traces of moulded decoration on the central part of the chape.Down the centre of this is a line…
Created on: Monday 15th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2021
Spatial data recorded.