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Description: | Medieval copper alloy circular harness pendant. The pendant has four rounded lobed knops projecting from the edge at regular intervals. The knops and centre of the main plate are down with a convex front and concave back. The fornt shows extensive traces of gilding and some evidence of punched annulet decoration. An integral transverse suspension loop projects from the top, half way between two f the knops. It is flat in section and thins in plan as it widens in profile into an oval which has broken across the suspension hole. It is now 42.1mm long including the loop, 30.3mm excluding it and 33.2mm across, it is 8.3mm including the loop, 0.6mm on the main plate and weighs 6.16 grams.This harness pendant is of non-heraldic form and is Medieval in date. Near identical examples are illustrated by Ashley (2002:6 nos. 11 and12) from Norfolk and date to the 12th or early 13th centuries AD. There the punched annulats are arranged to leave plain triangles radiating out from the plain centre dome giving a star or sun motif. SF-903E15 on this database is also similar.
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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