File:Early Medieval gilded open work harness pendant (FindID 1003866).jpg

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Early Medieval gilded open work harness pendant
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Edward Caswell, 2020-05-27 09:16:17
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Early Medieval gilded open work harness pendant
Description
English: An incomplete Early Medieval gilded  open work harness pendant dating to c. AD 1100-1200. Only small parts of the frame of the pendant are missing.

The body of the harness pendant is sub-circular in plan. At the top is a lug pierced from side to side to make a suspension loop which is now filled with iron corrosion product; the rest of the pendant is flat. 

The body of the plate has a  plain circular border within which are there are 7 open work triangles. The solid body of the plate between these triangles then is moulded giving each solid triangle a petal shape design. Two further quarter circles segments are placed close to the centre of the body while four sub-oval holes arranged in a sub-square pattern are near its base. This leave a solid upside down T-shape.

Traces of gilding are present on the upper surface of the frame the rest being light green or medium brown in colour.

The pendant is 54.8mm long, 50.4mm wide and weighs 13.3 grams.

No exact parallel for this object has been identified; it can be compared to a series of harness pendants with circular frames and engraved or relief decoration, including YORYM-61D961, DENO-D26DDD and NLM-00B934, NMS-39ED1E, NMS-47C777, NMS-D7E903, NMS-1CF265 and HAMP1306. These are broadly to the 12th century on stylistic grounds. 
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 1100 and 1200
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 1003866
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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/1105324
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1105324/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1003866
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