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Description: | Gilt cast copper alloy circular pendant with only the base remaining of its integral suspension loop at the upper apex. The back of the pendant is flat and plain while the face is moulded in low relief with a central device of a standing eagle, head looking left, with wings outstretched. A circular pelleted border separates this design from a circumferential legend, which starts at 12 o'clock, and extends clockwise and reads *IE SV ICI EN LVI D AMI or 'I am here in place of a friend'. A similar object is described from the Ashmolean Museum (Clark ed. 1995, 63). It is argued with regard to the quoted piece that such pendants with personal inscriptions, although sharing characteristics with horse-harness pendants, may have been items of personal jewellery. Other pendants bearing this inscription have been recorded on this database: CORN-37CA1E, which is from a findspot about 1 km away, CORN-6526F8, SWYOR-2AE652, SWYOR-43B863, SWYOR-58D4D1, HAMP-364825, KENT-A86AD6 and BH-666382.In terms of dating, the form of these pendants can be compared to personal seal matrices, particularly those produced in the 14th century, which typically had a central image surrounded by a Latin or French phrase.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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