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Description: | A copper-alloy horse harness pendant of probable 13th or 14th century AD date. The object is a Griffiths type 2a shield-shaped pendant (Griffiths, 1986, p.3, fig. 2a).The upper surface of the shield-shaped plate has traces of red enamel on it, indicating that it used to display some kind of heraldic image. The hanger projects from the centre of the upper edge at a ninety degree angle, narrows towards to tip, and the loop is flattened, with half of it broken off. The object measures 35.2mm high, and 22.3mm wide. It weighs 5.9g.
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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