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Description: | Medieval horse harness pendant suspension mount of copper alloy. It is a horizontal bar mount broken at each end at the rivet hole. The object is partly covered in a green patina and weighs 15.76g and measures 15x72mm (incomplete). Harnesses were decorated with mounts from the 12th-late 14th centuries (Clark 1995).The remnants of the terminals are rectangular in cross section. They are separated from the horizontal element by a single transverse ridge. The horizontal element is triangular in cross section except for a 12mm section at the centre, directly above the hinge, which at 5mm, is slightly thicker than the rest of the object and rectangular in cross section. This section has a rivet hole slightly off centre, which may possibly have been made after the terminal rivet holes had been damaged.It is similar to object 389 in Read (2001), thought to date from the 14th century, whose central raised area was decorated.
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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