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Description: | A complete copper alloy hooked tag of Middle to Late Saxon date. The tag is triangular in shape with two circular suspension holes at one terminal end, tapering to a sharp hook at the other. The front of the plate has incised decoration consisting of groups of two parallel lines that outline each side of the triangle and overlap at the corners. In addition, there are seven ring and dot motifs that largely keep within the confines of the parallel lines, but in some cases overlap. These have central dots that pierce the plate of the tag. The reverse of the tag has no decoration. This example measures 33.34mm in length, 21.41mm in width, and weighs 2.21g. Similar examples of hooked tags are noted from Medieval Winchester (Biddle, 1990: 549), in Macgregor and Bolick (1993: pp. 190 nos. 32.3, 32.4), and in West (1998: pp. 138, 215, figs. 22 no. 27, 97. no. 2). These suggest a date in the 8th-11th centuries AD for this hook.
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