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Collection Item: Pendant

Basic info

Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Pendant
Object category
Roman
Description
Oval pendant with the bust of a female carved in relief with a wide plain border on either side. Her hair is worn in a topknot (possibly a cap) with the side hair pulled back in strands to frame her face. The draperies around shoulders suggest a shawl worn over a cowl-necked dress. A decorative suspension tube runs across the top of the pendant. Both surfaces are dull. Eboracum described it as "...has a lug at the top perforated for suspension....a horizontal oval pendant.... exhibits centrally on a flat ground a draped female bust in relief with hair arranged in a double parting on either side of a central chignon or cap." Reflective spectroscopy analyses by Allason-Jones and Jones 2001 produced an optical reflection of 0.43%, identifying the material as Cannel Coal.
Production date start
43
Production date end
410
Period
Roman

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : H1028
Number of objects
1
ID
1360

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Cannel-coal (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole width 33.0 mm
Whole height 31.0 mm

Find spot

Place
York

Production

Technique
Carved