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Description: | A small incomplete tear-drop-shaped copper-alloy hooked tag of early-medieval date. The flat plate of the fitting has two holes drilled in it, and has broken across one of the holes removing one side of the plate. The front is decorated with a grooved cross design, apparently made up of small individual punchmarks, with a central ring-and-dot motif. In each quarter of the cross there is either (at the top) one of the two rivet holes, or (in the lower quarters) a further ring and dot motif. The hook has broken off. The object has corroded to a pitted dark greenish-brown colour. Hooked tags such as this could date from the 8th to 11th centuries; this examples is more likely to be from the later end of that range.
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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