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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: FAKL-DA0A34
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast copper alloy pendant decorated with a heraldic design consisting of three motifs which look like conventionalised blazes, they bear some resemblence to sheaves but have ragged edges. The back-ground many have been inlaid with enamel but no trace now remains.On the upper edge of the shield is a 4.0mm long bar at the end of which is 5.4mm diameter ring. The back is plain.
Class: Shield shaped pendant
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1300
Date to: Ante AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.2 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 7.17 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 091
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Newbald
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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