File:Medieval scabbard chape (correctly orientated) (FindID 234342).jpg

English: An incomplete copper-alloy scabbard chape of late 11th- or 12th-century date. The surviving fragment is flat, square in shape and has extensive openwork decoration. At one side, the plate curves backwards creating a small U-shaped profile; the other side is missing due to old breaks. The broken edge is decorated with a group of five diagonally incised lines. Next to these lines are five circular holes and one larger oval hole that is perhaps the result of two circular holes merging. A zoomorphic figure in profile looking left can just be made out next to these holes, with incised decoration. It has a rounded head, with incised facial details, followed by a body outlined with a series of five transverse grooves. In front of the figure are five further circular perforations.

At the more complete side, where it curves backwards, the exterior surface has two moulded ridges and four incised grooves. At the base is a small semi-circular projection with pierced circular attachment hole.

The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated, with the exception of the various holes that pierce the plate. It measures 33.54mm in height, 32.36mm in width, 1.88mm in thickness, and weighs 8.41g.

This chape is a less well-made version of openwork chapes decorated with horse-and-rider motifs. The rider carries a round-topped shield, enabling dating to the late 11th or 12th centuries. Compare SUR-A69854 and the other examples cited there. This chape has been published in Hammond (2013, 74; fig. 1.8.5-f), with a seemingly erroneous findspot.