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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: SF-4313CB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn circular harness pendant of Medieval date. It is missing part of the outer edge due to old breaks, now worn.
It is flat and undecorated with a slightly convex front face. 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 24.19mm in diameter, 37.35mm in length including lug, 1.30mm in thickness, 4.45g in weight.
There is a similar example from London (Griffiths, 1986, pp. 3, no. 5) and recorded on the PAS database (SF-22FBE0).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1175
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.35 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 4.45 g
Diameter: 24.19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 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: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Framlingham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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