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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy Roman horse harness pendant. The pendant is drop-shaped in plan and flat in section. It has a knobbed terminal which is lozenge shaped in section. At the broad rounded end of the pendant is an integral rectangular sectioned shank which curls up and forward, not quite touching the face of the pendant, forming the transverse suspension loop. The pendant is plain but traces of tinning survive. Otherwise the object has a dark green patina with patches of lighter and brighter green showing where it is abraded. The harness pendant is 35.58 mm long, of which 7.9mm is the suspension loop, 15.44 mm wide at the broadest point, 0.74mm thick and weighs 1.67g. A similar example can be seen in Allason-Jones and Miket 1984, The catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman fort, number 3.661. It is noted here that similar pendants have been reported as apron mounts from Roman armour, though this cannot be substantiated with the object recorded here. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McDonald, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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