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Description: | A copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date. Traces of gilding remain. The pendant is roughly circular and of flat section, with a right-angled loop projecting upwards from the top. The upper surface (obverse) of the pendant has a relief-moulded design, the central element of which is an eagle, which stands facing forwards, wings spread and head turned to the left. A circular border separates this design from a circumferential inscription. This reads from 12 o'clock * . IE: SV I: CI: EN: LVI: DA(NI?). Height: 30.4mm; width: 21.6mm; thickness: 2.55mm; weight: 5.35g. The reverse is undecorated. A similar object is described from the Ashmolean Museum (Clark ed. 1995, 63). It is argued that such pendants with personal inscriptions, although sharing characteristics with horse-harness pendants, may have been items of personal jewellery. Other pendants bearing inscriptions have been recorded on this database: 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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