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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: SF-D0F0B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Medieval horse harness pendant with suspension mount. The pendant is shield-shaped with an extending loop on the top edge, which is set at right angle to the shield. The decoration of the front face of the shield bears an engraved crane or swan facing left; the engraving has remains of coloured enamel. The mount has a rounded upper edge while the lower edge has two holed lugs, which allow the attachment of the pendant through an iron rivet threaded in the suspension loop. The back of the mount has an integral sub-square cross-sectioned integral rivet. Traces of gilding are present all over the surfaces of the object. The lower half of the shield is slightly bent forward.
It dates to AD 1200-1400. For example of the suspension mount see Ashley (2002, p. 12, fig. 12, no. 84)
Length: 47.31 mm
Width: 22.37 mm
Thickness of the shield pendant: 2.32 mm
Weight: 44.51 g
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 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.31 mm
Width: 22.37 mm
Thickness: 2.32 mm
Weight: 44.51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: EKE 054
Other reference: Finds reference SS14 268
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: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Eyke
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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