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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: SF-BE4A33
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date. Only the suspension hoop and the top of the pendant survive, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
The suspension loop is oval and flat and is set at right angles to the plane of the pendant. Beneath this is an integrally cast circular knob. This is D-shaped in section with a flat back face, before terminating in old breaks.
This harness pendant measures 17.48mm in length, 9.50mm in width, 4.91mm in thickness, 2.94g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.48 mm
Width: 9.5 mm
Thickness: 4.91 mm
Weight: 2.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Winston
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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