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Late Iron Age copper alloy scabbard chape
Bronze scabbard chape decorated in Late La Tene (Style V) art style with opposed anthropormorphic head design. The tip of an iron sword survives inside the chape and traces of mineralised wooden scabbrd are suspected.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2015.4H
Find Information
Site Name: Trefeca, Talgarth
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 1999
Notes: Discovered in 1999 while metal detecting on farm land at Trefeca, near Talgarth. The find-spot has been developed and built over since 1999.
Acquisition
Purchase, 25/3/2015
Measurements
length / mm:39.8
width / mm:26.7
maximum thickness / mm:11.1
thickness / mm
weight / g:38.5
Material
copper alloy
Techniques
cast
Location
In store
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