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English: A golden Migration period object belonging to a warhorse from around 500 AD. It was found at an excavation of the Finnestorp sacrificial bog where the brook Katebrobäcken joins the river Lidan. The sacrificial place is situated on the border between the parishes Larv and Trävattna, the hundreds Laske and Vilske, and the municipalities Vara and Falköping, in the middle of Västergötland in Sweden.
Svenska: Peltaformat hänge som suttit på en läderrem som varit spänd över bringan på en stridshäst. Hänget är tillverkat av silver med förgyllning och niello och är daterat till folkvandringstid ca 500 e.Kr. Hänget är funnet vid utgrävning av offermossen Finnestorp där Katebrobäcken rinner ut i ån Lidan. Offerplatsen ligger på gränsen mellan Larv och Trävattna socknar, Laske och Vilske härader och Vara och Falköpings kommuner i Västergötland. RAÄ-nummer Larv 121:1 och Trävattna 10:1. Fotot taget på Falbygdens museum i den tillfälliga utställningen Drakskatten från Finnestorp.

This is a picture of an archaeological site or a monument in Sweden, number Larv 121:1 in the RAÄ Fornsök database.

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