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Medieval horse harness pendant hanger
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Somerset County Council, Laura Burnett, 2011-03-07 08:24:26
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Medieval horse harness pendant hanger
Description
English: Medieval cast copper alloy cruciform hanger for a horse harness pendant. Three of the arms are of equal length; they are triangular in section with flat back and ridge down the centre of the front. Each ends in a circular domed terminal with projecting rounded knop, divided from the main arm by two collars with the waist between the collars cusped either side of the central ridge. Through each domed terminal is a seperate copper alloy rivet, all three are broken at the back and one has lost its head. The other two rivets have prominent projecting heads, cicular in plan and oval in section.

The fourth arm is shorter; it is also triangular in section before ending in a collar. Below the collar are two suspension loops which would have held the transverse bar from which the pendant would have hung. The loops are oval in profile and rectangular in section with a rectangular slot between them. They are solid and have been drilled with transverse cicular holes to take the bar.
It is 59.5mm long, 46.7mm wide and 8.9mm thick including the rivets, 5.7mm excluding; it weighs 13.59 grams.

A similar suspension mount was found at Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk, in association with a shield-shaped pendant (see Ashley 2002: fig. 13, no. 105) and is suggested to be 13th-14th century in date. SWYOR-0761F8 on this database is another complete example with pendant still attached.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 1200 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 432271
Old ref: SOM-3DFBC0
Filename: SOM-3DFBC0.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/319369
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/319369/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/432271
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