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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: SF-6196CE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete but worn copper-alloy lozenge-shaped harness pendant of Medieval date.
It is flat. At the top of the pendant is an integral suspension loop. This is oval, set at an angle of 90 degrees to the plane of the pendant and has been bent backwards. On the front face is lozenge-shaped field containing red enamel. The remainder of the decoration is no longer visible due to iron corrosion. The back face is undecorated and has further iron corrosion adhering to it.
This harness pendant measures 31.40mm in length, 26.80mm in width, 6.36mm in thickness, 10.53g in weight.
There is a similar example from London (Griffiths, Finds Research Group, 1986, p. 3, no. 3).
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: 31.4 mm
Width: 26.8 mm
Thickness: 6.36 mm
Weight: 10.53 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Great Ashfield
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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