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Description: | Medeival Gilt horse harness pendant, corroded, worn and bent, cast in the form of an bird, probably an eagle. The bird?s head has an open beak forming the suspension-loop, engraved lines contain gilding (now proud of the decayed surface) and indicate feathers with a dot for both eyes on sides of loop, 30 x 39mm. Late 12th-13th century. | 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: | 1150
1300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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