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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Medieval horse harness pendant. The pendant is bent and incomplete and could have been in the form of a kite-shaped shield. The pendant has a long suspension loop which is perpendicular to the pendant face and has a suspension hole which is approximately 2mm in diameter. No decoration is visible on the pendant, which has an uneven green patina. The pendant is 37.3mm in length including the suspension loop, 20.5mm in length excluding the suspension loop, 15.3mm wide, 0.9mm thick and weighs 1.8 grams. Horse harness pendants are dated to the 12th to 14th centuries. (Griffiths, N., 1995. Harness Pendants and Associated Fittings in Clark, J. (ed.) The Medieval Horse and its Equipment). If the pendant was originally kite-shaped, this would suggest an early date, between the 12th and early 13th centuries (Ashley, 2002).
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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