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58Ef20
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All rights reserved, charles bullock, 2010-05-08 17:20:39
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58Ef20
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English: A oval silver hollow framed pendant set with a green intaglio with what appears to be a figure of Mercury. The loop is circular with a rat tail finish set vertically down the back of the pendant. The intaglio is crimped into position with a beaded border below the rim. The loop shows little wear.

Report by James Robinson (Curator of Later Medieval Collections) and Richard Hobbs (Curator of Romano-British Collections) - British Museum:

A medieval pendant, set with a green Classical gem (possibly jasper) engraved with a nude male figure standing facing with head right (his head is probably helmeted), a chlamys draped over his right arm and an object, probably a sword, in his left. The suspension loop survives and terminates in a tapering point on the reverse in the manner of a seal matrix. The pendant undoubtedly had an amuletic significance for the owner. Classical gems were more usually employed in a seal matrix design than in simple pendants.

The pendant is silver and dates from the thirteenth century. The gem dates to the 2nd century AD.

Discussion: it is not obvious who the figure represents; it might be Alexander the Great, or alternatively a Homeric figure such as Achilles or Theseus; to the wearer it might have been considered to be the Roman god Mars. Parallels for the gem can be found in Henig 2007, nos. 468-9*.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Dorset
Date between 1200 and 1300
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 388829
Old ref: PUBLIC-58EF20
Filename: P1000455.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/280123
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/280123/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/388829
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