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Description: | An openwork circular gold pendant. It is made from four concentric rings of beaded wire, 0.5mm thick, joined to form a 3mm wide band. A suspension loop of sheet gold has one end attached between the outer two rings, folded over to form a 3mm high loop and is joined to the other face at the same point but less securely. The loop has three longitudinal ribs. The outer edge of the pendant is worn on both sides of the loop and around one side of the pendant. The main body is slightly bent. The diameter of the pendant is 11mm and of the central opening 5mm, the height including the suspension loop is 14.3mm.The closest parallel to this pendant comes from a 7th-century grave 391B at Buckland Dover, Kent (Parfitt and Anderson 2012), which is made from three concentric rings of beaded gold wire. A similar simple ring pendant is recorded on the PAS database from Ramsgate in Kent (KENT-F5A964) although in this case the pendant is made from a single coiled piece of beaded wire rather than four concentric rings. Openwork gold pendants are more often made with with a central cross motif, giving a wheel shape (eg MacGregor & Bolick 1993, 162 no 25.1, from Faversham). Circular pendants also often have a central gem and backing plate but there is no trace of that in this case. The date is likely to be late 6th or 7th century.The precious metal content of this pendant fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10 %.
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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