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Description: | Copper alloySharp-Hooked Clasp. Cast flat tag with attachment holes of diameter 2.7mm and 3mm diameter at either ends of a pear-shaped plate; this tapers towards a collar and a slightly bent pointed hook; plate torn at one attachment hole. Though Anglo-Saxon hooked tags also occur locally, the unlovely appearance and dark brown surface of this piece is typical of Viking-Age metalwork. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1100.Length: 44mm, Width: 20.1mm, Thickness: 1.7mm, Weight: 4.09gms
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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