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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: NMS-CB952C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval gilt copper alloy harness pendant dating to the period c. AD 1200 - 1400. Concavo-convex scallop shell shape, broken along one side and with a projecting neck at the apex terminating in a suspension loop set perpendicular to the body. The outer face is decorated with four curving engraved vertical lines and two curving transverse lines indicating the ridges and grooves in the shell.
Clark (1995, 67, fig.50, no.72) illustrates a very similar example and suggests that the design may have connections with contemporary pilgrimage imagery, which often features the scallop shell - the badge of St. James (ibid., 69).
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: 22.5 mm
Width: 12.5 mm
Thickness: 4.8 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th September 2018 - Monday 10th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 33788
Other reference: NHRG122018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Horsham St. Faith and Newton St. Faith (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2215
Four figure Latitude: 52.68716612
Four figure longitude: 1.28323601
1:25K map: TG2215
1:10K map: TG21NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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