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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: ESS-35AADB
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval copper-alloy horse-harness pendant.
Description: The pendant is shield shaped with the partial remains of a suspension loop at the top. The front is decorated in heraldic style, the reverse is undecorated. The level of corrosion has made identification of the motif difficult. It appears to be sectioned, possibly into quarters, with the top left section showing a rampant lion. Small traces of gilding remain on the face.
Discussion: Harness pendants are generally dated from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with circular and openwork examples predominating the twelfth century and more varied types in the thirteenth and fourteenth century, including the enamelled and heraldic types (Griffiths (1995) The Medieval Horse and its Equipment. Page 69, Fig. 75).
Dimensions: L: 49.2mm, W: 27.5mm, Weight: 10.84g
Similar to: ESS-A08AEB and LON-BE594B
Class: Heraldic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.2 mm
Width: 27.5 mm
Weight: 10.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Binham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths, N. | 1995 | The Medieval Horse and its equipment c.1150-c.1450; Medieval Finds From Excavations in London:5 | Museum of London | 69: 75 |
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