Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-3CAD71
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver pendant, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast cruciform pendant comprising a central circular panel with four symmetrically arranged arms, of which three with pellet ends remain. The lost part of the fourth arm is thought to have included a suspension loop. Each side of the panel bears neatly incised cross-hatched decoration, with four lines in one direction crossed by five in the other. The finder kindly suggests a 13th-century date. Its small size suggests that wearing the pendant was a private act, as it is too small to be considered an assertive badge of beliefs which were, in its time, catholic. The form resembles that of pendants bearing the sacred lettering AGLA, and for these a prophylactic function is assumed. In view of its age and material, the object is to be submitted to the Treasure process, ref. 2017 T571.
Length: 16.0mm, Width: 17.3mm, Thickness (centre): 1.1mm, Diameter (of pelleted ends to arms): 2.3mm, Weight: 0.72gms
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Treasure case tracking number: 2015T571
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Width: 17.3 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 0.72 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th June 2017
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Other reference: NLM36657
Treasure case number: 2015T571
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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