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Description: | An unusual copper-alloy probable harness pendant for which no parallel could be found, most likely to be medieval in date. It is cross-shaped with the central longer arm terminating in the suspension loop. It measures 49.8mm in total length and 33.8mm in width. The central arm terminates at one end in a suspension loop set at right angles to the plane of the pendant. This suspension loop has a projecting lip at its tip and an oval shaped hole, which appears to be worn along the upper inside edge. The shaft below this is roughly rectangular in plan and roughly oval in cross-section, 5.4mm in width and 6.1mm in thickness. This shaft becomes flatter towards the other terminal end, where there is a central rectangular part. The four arms of the cross, formed by the central shaft and two opposing arms, project from this at right angles. The two opposing arms each have a flat rectangular shaft, which terminates in the centre of a transverse bar, set at right angles to them. This terminal bar is rectangular in shape with shaped curving terminals. Each of these arms measures 12.5mm total length, each shaft is c5mm in width and the terminals c17mm in length and 6.2mm in width.There is a shorter shaft with a trefoil terminal projecting from the bottom edge of the central rectangular part of the cross shape.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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