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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: NLM-3B89EF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy harness pendant. Cast circular plate with an off-centre concavo-convex boss which projects from a radially incised and bordered plate; the decorative scoring is slightly haphazard in its execution. An integrally cast oval suspension loop at right angles to the display plane, with drilled aperture, retains a short [10mm] axis bar with burred ends which hold it within a folded and slotted pendant hanger with a trapezoid terminal with a short tapered bent spike of length 7mm behind it. The fixing point appears intended to pass into or through a strap. The display face retains gilding traces on both the pendant and its hanger. Suggested date: Medieval, 1175-1250.
Height: 44.3mm, Width/Diameter: 20.8mm, Thickness (plate, clear of boss): 1.5mm, Weight: 7.57gms
Sub class: set
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1175
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 44.3 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 7.57 g
Diameter: 20.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35591
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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