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Description: | An incomplete and corroded Medieval sheet copper-alloy harness pendant in the form of a bell (c. 1200-c. 1400).The sound 'pea' and suspension loop are missing.The globular body has four sound holes. Extending from each sound hole is a slot dividing four tabs folded inwards to form a rounded base. At the top there is the stub of a suspension loop arm. The arm is rectangular cross-section.There is no indication of any surface treatment.Height: 18.9mm; diameter: 19.7mm. Weight: 6.48g.Similar harness pendants in the form of bells have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BERK-0F5972; BERK-BB1971; BH-95B355; BH-ADFF45; BH-DD9290; BUC-EBF086; CAM-4D5025; DENO-BE5EA7; DUR-9CBF13; HAMP-057631; IOW-CD9F86; KENT-05FF54; NCL-B71A51; NMS-5ED084; NMS-B66FF6; PUBLIC-40F2E0; SF-EB9A80; SF-D74876; SUR-EA4262; SWYOR-5176D3; SWYOR-5AB296; WAW-AE4A34; WILT-4CC9F8 and WILT-79AE28.Similar harness pendants have been published (Griffiths 1986: 4, ref: 20; Saunders 1991: 23, fig. 4, ref: 25; Read 2001: 50, fig. 37, ref: 465).Similar shaped bells have also been recorded as hawking bells.
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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