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Description: | A copper-alloy pendant. It is difficult with this example to determine whether it was a horse harness pendant, a pendant for attachment to a strap end, or a decorative accessory for another use. The item has a circular suspension loop in the plane of the body. The body is sub-conical in shape, but slightly convexed which produces a nose-like appearance. It is uncertain whether this is an intentional representation, although no other facial features, either zoomorphic or anthropomorphic are exhibited. A decorative groove runs around the top of the 'cone', below the supsension loop. The reverse is hollow giving the impression that it may have been intended to hold the point of something, in a similar regard to a dagger chape. However, no similar examples of dagger chapes have been found in the literature. The side of object opposite the suspension loop is damaged and it is possible that there was once a second suspension loop located here. This artefact is currently of uncertain date. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brindle, Tom - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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