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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: LEIC-AEA9E8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, 37mm long, 21mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair conditon and weighs 5.97grams. The pendant consists of an integral suspesion loop which sits at the apex of a 'diamond' shaped plate. The object is decorated with a relief lion rampant facing left which is contained within a scalloped edged border. The recess is filled with red enamel in the left half and black in the right, with the join running behind the centre of the lion.
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 5.97 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Kirby Bellars (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7217
Four figure Latitude: 52.74583659
Four figure longitude: -0.93484752
1:25K map: SK7217
1:10K map: SK71NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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