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Description: | This is a hooked tag of copper alloy 25mm long, having a broad flattened lozenge-shaped head 8mm wide and shank 2mm wide, squared in section, with two small lateral lobes projecting midway down the shank. A pin or rivet of 2mm gauge projects forward from the head of the fitting, and on it is mounted a larger lozenge-shaped mount with steeply-chamfered sides, the surface of which is tinned. This mounted lozenge is 10mm in height, 8mm in width and 2.5mm in thickness. This was probably designed to be pushed through a slit in a leather belt so that the hooked element hung below it, and may have been used to suspend a purse or similar accessory. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Plunkett, Tom - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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