Record ID: SOMDOR-9ADF54
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy sword-chape. Late Bronze Age (1150BC-800BC). Ogival with lozenge shaped cross section, sharp median ribs and flattened edges with a slight rib front and back. The mouth of the chape is wide and open with deeply in-curved upper edges. The butt has a solid oval boss with a convex end. There are three ridges around the sides of the boss. The chape then flares out before curving back in to form an ogee shape and tapering to the round ended, oval sectioned butt. The chape is damaged and incomplete at both top and base and has been broken in two (the pieces were foun…
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.