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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: NMS-88E60E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant in the form of a cross dating to the period c. AD 1100 - 1250.
Each of the arms arms exhibits engraved transverse lines. At the centre is an engraved saltire. Projecting from the top a suspension loop set perpendicular to the body of the cross.
A late eleventh- / early twelfth-century tympanum in the church of St George in Fordington, Dorset depicts St George mounted on a horse displaying harness pendants of similar form (Ashley, S, 2002, p. 27, pl. 1)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55 mm
Width: 32 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 12.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd September 2017 - Sunday 3rd September 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62219
Other reference: NHRG112017
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Old Buckenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0791
Four figure Latitude: 52.47765259
Four figure longitude: 1.04666728
1:25K map: TM0791
1:10K map: TM09SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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