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Description: | A cast copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date. The top of the suspension loop is incomplete due to old breaks and either side of the the main plate of the pendant is curved/bent forwards due to post-depositional damage, giving it a U-shaped profile. The plate is rectangular in form, flat, and has an integrally cast suspension loop at the top. This has a flat triangular neck that expands to a circular loop with central perforation set at right angles to the plane of the pendant. The break in the top of the loop may have been the result of use-wear. The front face of the pendant carries moulded decoration. This comprises a double rectangular border that follows the edge of the plate and contains within it a moulded zig-zag line. Inside the inner border the pendant has numerous punched dots, seemingly arranged at random although their precise arrangement remains uncertain as much of the front face is worn or encrusted. This entire object measures 25.27mm in length, 35.96mm including suspension loop, 28.81mm in current (bent) width, 1.08mm in thickness at plate, and weighs 7.17g.This is a harness pendant of Medieval date that finds its closest parallels in the early non-armorial and armorial harness mounts noted by Ashley (2002: pp. 5-9). This suggests a date early in the Medieval period, perhaps the late-12th to 13th centuries AD.
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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