title: A sword scabbard chape with a depiction of a bird of prey from the surroundings of Kostrzyn
abstract: In 2016, an Early Medieval sword scabbard chape was handed over to the Museum of Kostrzyn Fortress. According to the person submitting it, it was found about 5-6 years earlier in the northern part of Kostrzyn nad Odrą. The main decorative motif of the openwork field is a heraldically arranged bird. The closest analogies to the chape in question are dated to the second half of the 10th and 11th century. Artefacts of this type could have been produced in Scandinavia, but also in the Rus and Baltic
journal: Slavia Antiqua Rocznik poświęcony starożytnościom słowiańskim