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Description: | An incomplete, Roman probable 1st-2nd century, cast, copper alloy, cavalry horse harness pendant. It has a broken suspension loop and the bulbous shape has lost its probable bulb or phallic terminal. It is slightly concave and there is a moulded narrow triangular suspension loop decoration pointing down to the missing terminal. The supension loop appears to have worn very thin before breaking through. The convex surface has a pale green patina but the concave surface has a more irregular, uneven slightly corroded, green surface. The pendant is 30.47mm long, 47.87mm wide, 8.51mm thick and weighs 15.2g.Ref. Roman Military Equipment, M.C. Bishop & J.C.W. Coulston, B.T. Batsford 1993, page 105, fig. 65 no.2 & no. 9 and Roman Buckles & Military Fittings, Andrew Apples & Stuart Laycock, Greenlight Publishing 2007, page 117 fig. AA14.7 and fig. AA14.8 and page 130 fig. AA14.64.
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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