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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: WAW-DA4FF8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval (13th and early 14th century) horse-harness pendant: The copper alloy pendant is sub-circular in plan and the centre of the upper edge has an integral lug with an incomplete perforation, which is perpendicular to the pendant. The pendant is flat on both faces.
The outer face is covered with a red-orange coloured gilding otherwise the pendant is abraded, has traces of a dark green patina and a red-brown coloured surface on the reverse.
The pendant measures 23.59mm long, and 16.01mm wide. It weighs 2.13g.
The harness pendant dates to the Medieval period and were most popular in the 13th and early 14th century (Griffiths, N. 1986 Horse Harness Pendants Finds Research Group Datasheet No. 5).
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 1325
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.59 mm
Width: 16.01 mm
Weight: 2.13 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th October 2016 - Wednesday 5th October 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Elmley Lovett (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8768
Four figure Latitude: 52.3099559
Four figure longitude: -2.19210122
1:25K map: SO8768
1:10K map: SO86NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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