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Anglo Saxon gold and garnet pendant
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Derby Museums Trust, Rachel Atherton, 2011-06-02 14:41:41
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Anglo Saxon gold and garnet pendant
Description
English: Early medieval Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet pendant, complete.

Gold pendant with ribbed attachment loop, with a large, sub-oval cabochon garnet with abraded surface, set inside a plain, squeezed frame which is broken in one place.

The back is plain.

Length 20.0mm, width 15.1mm, thickness across centre 4.1mm, width of loop 4.3mm, internal diameter of loop 1.8mm, weight 2.49g.

Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the pendant indicated a gold content of 62-67%, a silver content of 31-33% and at least 2% copper. The red gem was identified by Raman spectroscopy as garnet.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Nottinghamshire
Date between 650 and 800
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FindID: 270424
Old ref: DENO-494555
Filename: 2009 T542 hawton somerfield AS pendant.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/330450
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/330450/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/270424
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