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Description: | Early Medieval silver hooked tag.Description of find: The hooked tag consists of a circular plate of silver. Extending from the top are two semi-circular pierced attachment loops. At the base of the plate there is a flat collar (on the same plane), below this an intact hook. The head has been decorated with a circle within which there is a floral design, comprised of alternating hearts and drop-shaped petals. Inside the rounded end of each of the four petals there is a rounded crescent and below each of these a triangle pointing inwards. All of these incisions are inlaid with niello. The reverse is undecorated.Discussion: Hooked tags of this type date from the later 8th - 9th and 10th Century AD. These hooked tags were an all-purpose fastener used to secure clothing and purses.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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