Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Military Lunar Horse Harness Pendant and Hanger

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

2 3/8 in. (5.79 grams, 60 mm).

Composed of a pelta-shaped pendant (lunula) attached to a drop hanger decorated with concentric circles, the central one with remains of light blue and crimson enamel.

Provenance

Found Yorkshire, UK, in 2022.
Property of a Yorkshire gentleman.

Literature

See Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 581, for type; for near identical lunulae as horse harness pendant see Zwart, A.J.M., 'A Bridled Horse Burial from Beuningen (NL)' in JRMES, volume 9, 1998, pp.77-84, fig.3 no.18.

Footnotes

Horse harness pendants were often characterised by lunulae (small moons, i.e. pelta-shaped artefacts) and drop hangers. They were decorated with enamels of different colours.

CONDITION

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