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PENDANT
Unique ID: LEIC-2A970B
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a silver object, probably originally a disc-shaped pendant. The fragment comprises a piece of silver sheet with no intact edge, decorated with repousse ornament creating five radiating lines of dots which converge in the centre of the fragment.
The decoration upon this fragment, its form and its association with a grave assemblage suggests it could derive from a silver sheet disc-shaped or 'scutiform' pendant, similar to those illustrated in MacGregor and Bolick (1993) figs. 25.3-5, p. 162. Scutiform pendants are usually found in grave contexts, and several are now recorded on the PAS database e.g. BUC-330014, KENT-5A33F2 and HAMP3426.
Notes:
Some fragments of brooch (shown in image a) were recovered prior to this material and have been recorded as LEIC-B64405.
The fragment was found in association with 45 worn fragments of gilded copper alloy (some joining), which seem to form at least two, possibly three brooches (there is a very unusual gilded boss which may also form part of a brooch or be part of a mount or similar). Four fragments of at least two annular brooches were also recovered, and along with these a series of 13 beads, including two of amber and three decorated, suggesting an inhumation burial which has been severely disturbed by ploughing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2018T906
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Exactly AD 700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 50
Length: 17 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.44 g
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Treasure case number: 2018T906
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
To be known as: East Leics
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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