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Description: | Copper-alloy early post-medieval hooked tag with a central circular boss, trapezoid loop and complete hook. The central boss is 11.9mm in diameter, 2.3mm thick and worn; it has a outer, flat ring decorated with short radiating lines; the central raised section may be decorated with the letters 'ihs' (for Jesus), although this is too worn to be certain. The back of the boss is mostly flat with an off-centre slightly concave oval area. The attachment loop is trapezoid, 11.1mm wide where it meets the loop and 12.8mm wide at the outer edge, the bar itself is 1.5mm wide and 0.9mm thick. The hook is curled backwards in a spiral, over more than a complete circle, and comes to a point; it is D-shaped in cross-section, 3.1mm wide where it meets the boss, narrowing gradually to the end. It has been bent slightly off to one side. The entire piece is 26.1mm long, 12.9mm wide, 6.3mm thick and weighs 1.8g. See Read (1988) page 94, No.7 for a similar example (also Read 2008: 91, ref. 319).
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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