Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-4B8C1C
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete and worn copper-alloy circular harness pendant of Medieval date.
It is flat and undecorated. At the top of the pendant is an integral suspension loop. This is oval with a central circular aperture set at an angle of 90 degrees to the plane of the pendant.
This harness pendant measures 12.20mm in diameter, 17.81mm in length including lug, 1.15mm in thickness, 1.04g in weight.
There is a similar example from London (Griffiths, 1986, p. 4, no. 19).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1175
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.81 mm
Thickness: 1.15 mm
Weight: 1.04 g
Diameter: 12.2 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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