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Description: | Copper alloy horse harness pendant with gilt decoration. The pendant is flat and square with a border of incised curling decoration around the edge. The centre of the pendant appears to be undecorated although there is evidence that the whole surface was gilded. The reverse of the pendant is plain and undecorated. From the centre of the top of the pendant there is an attachment arm which tapers to a perforated loop. Through the loop is a small rod of copper alloy which would have allowed the penant to swing freely. The hanging arm is bent backwards at a right angle; this is not likely to have been a feature of the original object but has occurred post deposition. From the side, the hanging arm is ?P? shaped.
The pendant weighs 10.3g and measures 46mm in length, 26.8mm in width and 16.4mm in thickness. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1450
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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