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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: HAMP-DCF864
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete copper alloy Medieval (c.1100-1300) harness pendant missing part of its suspension loop and bent out of shape. It measures 31.05mm in height, 42.15mm wide and 5.45mm thick (the thickness of the metal is 1.35mm). It weighs 6.97g.
The harness pendant is in the shape of a crescent (lunate) with a suspension loop projecting from the centre of the arc so that the harness pendant would have hung with its two points at the bottom. The points have been bent in opposite directions, possibly as a result of post-depositional disturbance. There is no discernible decoration on either side. The patina is brown with patches of green corrosion product.
The lack of cast decoration and enamelling on this unusually-shaped pendant suggest a likely date of 12th to 13th century (see Ashley 2002: 5). A crescentic horse-harness pendant was found in a 14th-century context in Winchester (Biddle 1990, no. 3905).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 31.05 mm
Width: 42.15 mm
Thickness: 5.45 mm
Weight: 6.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Winchester Museums Service Entry Form 3716
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Owslebury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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