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Description: | A gilt horse harness pendant, corroded, worn and bent, with sub-oval openwork in the form of a curled beast or monster, the engraved detail that retains gilding and stands proud of the decayed surface defines a pointed oval eye with a central dot on the head in dexter base, the body is arched over with a pointed-oval, possible, wing on the shoulder, longitudinal lines on body and rear limb with foot touching snout. Cf. a broadly similar type of zoomorphic pendant from Roughton (HER 37313). 12th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Crawford, Becky | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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