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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: NMS-99144C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of the outer frame of a Medieval copper alloy composite harness pendant, probably sexfoil, with part of the side of the vertical slot for the separate swinging pendant, broken across the perforation for the pin or spindle. Part of the upper foil and a flanking foil survive with two triangular-sectioned projecting radiating arms each ending in a circular lobe. A variant on a frequently encountered type, e.g. examples from Norwich (Huddle, J. in Emery 2007, 203-4, fig. 5.93 SF 81 and SF 609). Surviving height 25mm. Surviving width 22mm. 7mm thick. 13th - 14th century.
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th May 2014 - Sunday 25th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 32949
Other reference: KLMD062014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Barwick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8034
Four figure Latitude: 52.87335577
Four figure longitude: 0.67306955
1:25K map: TF8034
1:10K map: TF83SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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