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Description: | An incomplete Anglo-Saxon hooked tag dating to the 8th to 9th centuries. The tag has a flat, circular plate from which extends the complete integral hook, which tapers and curves back to the rear of the object. Part of the plate has been broken away by an old break. The circular plate is decorated with a motif of eight sub-oval segments radiating from a central circle, surrounded by a narrow border at the edge of the plate. This gives the pattern a flower-like or cross-like appearance. The reverse of the circular plate is undecorated. The plate has a circular perforation for attachment; a second would probably have been present but has now been broken away.The plate has a diameter of 11.3mm in diameter and is 0.3mm thick. The tag has an overall length of 18.5mm, of which 7.6mm is the hook (not including the backward curve). The object weighs 0.67g.Parallels include NMS-0D94F3 (2011T369), LON-EE0F14 (2011T36), NMGW-A96F63 (2007T511) and KENT-AB7CA4 (2004T327).
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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