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Description: | Early medieval Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet pendant, complete.Gold pendant with ribbed attachment loop, with a large, sub-oval cabochon garnet with abraded surface, set inside a plain, squeezed frame which is broken in one place.The back is plain.Length 20.0mm, width 15.1mm, thickness across centre 4.1mm, width of loop 4.3mm, internal diameter of loop 1.8mm, weight 2.49g.Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the pendant indicated a gold content of 62-67%, a silver content of 31-33% and at least 2% copper. The red gem was identified by Raman spectroscopy as garnet.
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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