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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: NMS-E5B3BB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Corroded and incomplete medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant, shield-shaped (edges damaged), very worn suspension-loop. The badly corroded face has traces of an elaborate and uncertain curved figure, reminiscent of a bishop's crook or staff, probably originally reserved on an enamelled field, traces of red, blue and white enamel survive. and traces of gilding survive. Extant height 45.5mm. Extant width 20mm. Late 13th-14th century.
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
Height: 45.5 mm
Width: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th February 2019 - Monday 18th March 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMD032019
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Multiple
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
Parish or ward: Brampton with Stoven (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM4481
Four figure Latitude: 52.37265968
Four figure longitude: 1.58313315
1:25K map: TM4481
1:10K map: TM48SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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