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Description: | A cast copper shield shaped harness pendant. In plan the pendant is a shield shape with an integral loop protruding from the centre of the upper edge. The loop is set perpendicular to the face of the pendant, on a short, sub- rectangular sectioned neck. The pendant it self is made from a thin copper alloy sheet which is slightly crumpled, usually the pendants are thicker and smaller than this example. The outer face is decorated with a design, possibly stamped, which forms three lines which radiate from the lower tip. The lines and a border of the pendant appear to form a zigzag design. Due to the surface being corroded and abraded the detail is unclear. The reverse of the pendant is undecorated. On the surface there are traces of gilding. It measures 55.97mm long, 39.88mm wide and 8.45mm thick at the loop, weighing 9.1g. The condition of the pendant is poor.Similar pendants in quality and 'thinness' are illustrated in Ashley (Ashley, S 2002 Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk East Anglian Archaeology), for example Figure 6 Nos. 1-5 which are dated to the 12th to early 13th centuries.
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