chape

Object Number

SMM1441

Name

chape

scabbard

Description

Bronze affix — scabbard chape. Seems to have consisted of two separate rectangular plates of identical type

75% of one

25% of the other remaining. On each plate

the two narrow sides and the bottom long side were folded in at right angles. Picked out with two parallel relief ridges. Could have been attached at bottom

either side

of a wooden scabbard - or quiver. Each was secured by four rivets (none remain).

Specimen Count

1

Preservation State

Fragment

Collection Date From

1978

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

107.f73

SF 73

EMu IRN

44016