Scabbard, sword / chape

Description

Copper alloy scabbard chape from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 3378

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Scabbard, sword / chape

Date

80 - 180

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Copper alloy

Physical description

Copper alloy; divided into two lips

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Excavator: Curle, James, 1867 (fl.)

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

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