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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: NLM-270CC7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy probable harness pendant. Cast equal-armed cross with rounded flat-faced knops at the ends of its arms, an oval suspension loop at the top, and a central rectangular panel with a tiny triangular hollow flanking each side of each arm where it meets the panel. At least twenty-seven small [diameter 1.5mm] ring and dot are stamped on the display side, the larger number in a central vertical row. Gilding traces appear on the display face. The reddish tint of the metal might point to a Viking-Age date. However, the use of gilding and the suspension loop are both characteristic of harness pendants, though this may be a non-armorial type, which pre-date the more common heraldic versions. The simple cross pommee form also appears among smaller pendants intended for personal and prophylactic wear, which are ascribed a slightly later date. Suggested date: Medieval, 1150-1250.
Height: 38.5mm, Width: 32.9mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 2.8mm, Weight: 5.67gms
Notes:
The finder notes his discovery of another cross with ring-and-dot in the vicinity.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 38.5 mm
Width: 32.9 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 5.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th March 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38989
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Multiple
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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