Record ID: IOW-AB2BE5 - MEDIEVAL harness pendant

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HARNESS PENDANT

Unique ID: IOW-AB2BE5

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of IOW-AB2BE5 Medieval Harness Pendant Set

An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy harness pendant set consisting of suspension mount and a small portion of a harness pendant
The mount is sub-rectangular in plan slightly convex at the front and slightly concave at the rear. The top is rounded and has a ragged break. At the centre, close to the top, there is a copper-alloy rivet. The rivet is flush at the front and burred at the rear.

The lower part has been perforated with a rectangular slot and then turned through 180° to form loops that make contact with the rear face of the mount. These loops contain a copper-alloy axis bar from which hangs the shaft of a copper-alloy harness pendant.

This set is corroded and pitted and has no trace of any surface treatment. Buff material surrounding the rivet at the rear may be decayed leather.

Overall length: 31.70mm; width: 10.92mm; thickness: 5.03mm. Weight: 2.76g.
Length of pendant shaft: 14.47; width of shaft: 2.07mm; thickness of shaft: 5.72mm.

Sub class: Set

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Length: 31.7 mm
Width: 10.92 mm
Thickness: 5.03 mm
Weight: 2.76 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Leather [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Isle Of Wight
District: Isle Of Wight
To be known as: Isle of Wight

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012

Personal details

Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Recorded by: Mr Frank Basford - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Frank Basford - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: IOW2012-1-110

References cited

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