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Description: | Treasure case: 2009 T646"Description: PendantOpenwork, gold pendant dating from the late 6th - 7th century, in form of a triple-stranded frame into which a set of seven radial spokes (with another one missing) holding another triple-stranded frame around a central gold globule ,has been inserted.Discussion: Pendants related to this were found at Harford Farm, Norfolk, gr. 28 (Penn 2000, fig. 93, pl. XVIII) and at Gilton gr. 27 (Geake 1997, Fig. 4.4), Chartham Downs, Faversham, and Ramsgate (TAR 2007, no. 172) all Kent.Cross-in-circle pendants are also known from Scandinavia and France, where about a dozen examples have been found (Penn 2000, 51; e.g. Merowingerzeit cat. nos. V.3.4.3 and V.3.6.2 with images).Dimensions: H incl loop 14.3mm, W 12.5mm Weight 0.9gBibliography:Geake H. 1997The Use of Grave-Goods in Conversion-Period England, c. 600 - c. 850. BAR British Series 261 (Oxford).Merowingerzeit, Europa ohne Grenzen. Catalogue Pushking Museum Moskau, State Eremitage St. Petersburg (Berlin, Wolfratshausen 2007).Penn K. 2000Norwich Southern Bypass, Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Harford Farm, Caistor St. Edmund. = East Anglian Archaeology 92.Note: This find qualifies as Treasure under the Treasure Act of 1996.Dr. Sonja Marzinzik, M.A., F.S.A.Curator, Insular Early Medieval CollectionsDepartment of Prehistory and EuropeThe British Museum"
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