05-23-2008, 07:15 PM
Salvete,
I'm conserving several objects from an excavation in Belgium (Tongeren). Among the finds are a couple of cupric alloy pendants, probably belonging to a horse harness.
Here you can see an X-ray picture of the pendant. It's a cupric alloy, silvered on the front side and it has engraved decoration, inlaid with niello. All of this became apperent while removing the corrosion, because it was covered in a very thick crust.
As you can see the lower part of the pendant is missing. What shape did it have originaly? Does someone perhaps have a drawing of one like this one but complete?
![[Image: horsependantkleiner.jpg]](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/MarcusMummius/horsependantkleiner.jpg)
Thanks for any input!
Vale,
Jef
I'm conserving several objects from an excavation in Belgium (Tongeren). Among the finds are a couple of cupric alloy pendants, probably belonging to a horse harness.
Here you can see an X-ray picture of the pendant. It's a cupric alloy, silvered on the front side and it has engraved decoration, inlaid with niello. All of this became apperent while removing the corrosion, because it was covered in a very thick crust.
As you can see the lower part of the pendant is missing. What shape did it have originaly? Does someone perhaps have a drawing of one like this one but complete?
Thanks for any input!
Vale,
Jef
