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Description: | A cast copper alloy suspension bar for a harness pendant. A D-sectioned horizontal bar with an attachment hole at either end and two lugs projecting downwards at the centre of the lower edge. The ends of the bar are slightly expanded and rounded and each has a narrowed, round ended projection.The expanded ends each have a circular attachment hole , filled with iron corrosion from the rivets. The two lugs project downwards and each has a circular hole. One contains iron corrosion from the remnant of a short axis bar from which a decorative pendant would have been suspended. The axis bar had the same alignment as the main bar. The back is flat and undecorated. There are traces of gilding on the front of the mount.Date: Early Medieval - 13th -14th century Dimensions: 38.46 mm x 13.75 mm x 4.43 mmWeight: 6.16 gThis is similar to several recorded on the database e.g SF-22CE74, SUSS-B530C1 and the mount part of BH-AC4764. See also Griffiths, N, 1995 "Harness pendants and associated fittings" in The Medieval Horse and its Equipment, ed. J Clark, page 69, fig.52, no. 73
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