File:Fragment of Early Saxon sword scabbard chape (FindID 958959).jpg

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Fragment of Early Saxon sword scabbard chape
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Norfolk County Council, Andrew Williams, 2020-04-03 18:05:25
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Fragment of Early Saxon sword scabbard chape
Description
English: Fragment of Early Saxon copper alloy sword scabbard chape, cast-in one, front part missing, fully round globular terminal. The back-plate, which has a vertical median arris on its face, and is pierced by a rivet-hole containing the remains of a corroded iron rivet near its pointed top. Length 28.5mm. Width 6mm. Thickness 9mm. Cf. examples from Burnham Thorpe (HER32340, Gurney, D. Norfolk Archaeol. 44 (2004), 743, fig. 6 A), the Isle of Wight (PAS IOW-C1B525, with comments by Barry Ager) and Thetford (HER 24822, Andrews, P. East Anglian Archaeol. 72, fig.67 no.25). Possibly of Frankish origin. Late 5th - early 6th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 450 and 550
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FindIdentifier: 958959
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1099034
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1099034/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/958959
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Object location52° 22′ 42.24″ N, 1° 10′ 11.17″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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