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Description: | Description: An incomplete silver Anglo-Saxon hooked tag, a fragment of the upper edge of the plate is now missing due to an old break. The head is round in shape and has two small circular sewing holes near the centre of the upper edge.The front face is decorated with an incised Greek cross with rounded terminals and there is also a pair of transverse grooves at the beginning of each arm. The cross appears to have also been inlaid with niello, although only tiny traces survive.The hook is slender and turns backwards abruptly at its lower third, it tapers to a sharp point.Discussion: This hooked tag is very similar in style to an example from Brabourne, Kent (2004 T327), which also has a Greek cross decorative motif inlaid with niello (Treasure Annual Report 2004, 73, no. 95; 2004T327; KENT-AB7CA4). A similarly decorated fragment can be found at KENT-B39CC6 (2011T584).
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