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Description: | A cast copper-alloy pendant of medieval date, possibly a harness pendant. The circular pendant has an integral perpendicular suspension loop, mostly now missing, but would have been teardrop-shaped and would have protruded forwards from the pendant. It has been bent slightly to one side as a result of old damage. The lower surface of the pendant is flat and plain. The upper surface is moulded in low relief. Within a broadly circular pelleted border is the device of an eagle facing with head left. Around, also within a border, is an inscription: '* IE SV ICI EN LVI D AMI' ('I am here in place of a friend'). A similar object is described from the Ashmolean Museum (Clark ed. 1995, 63). It is argued with regard to the quoted piece that such pendants, although sharing characteristics with horse-harness pendants, may have been items of personal jewellery. Other pendants bearing this inscription have been recorded on this database: SWYOR-2AE652, SWYOR-43B863, SWYOR-58D4D1, HAMP-364825.
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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