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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon/Early-Medieval hooked tag of Read Class D Type 1. It has a flat plate that is sub-oval shaped in plan with scalloped edges giving the impression of seven projecting lobes, three of which form semi-circular sewing lugs with central circular apertures. The front face of the plate has incised decoration comprising single lines running either side of each lobe towards the centre of the plate creating four V-shaped motifs, each of which are joined to the next by a short curving line. This gives the impression of a central cross pattee The base of the palate is flat, perhaps with a slight angular collar, beneath which extends the integral hook. This is oval shaped in section and curves backwards to a sharp point. The entire object has a dark green patina and measures 24.93mm in length, 12.45mm in width, 0.72mm in thickness, and weighs 0.75g.This is a hooked tag of Early-Medieval date. In terms of form, with projecting sewing lugs and sharp hook, it finds parallels in Read's Early-Medieval Class D hooked tags (Read, 2008: pp. 27-30) although with no close parallel here in terms of the scalloped edges. The decoration is more reminiscent of his Class A Type 2 hooked tags, notably in his numbers 74-75 that have very similar cross pattee motifs on their front faces. It is probable that given its form this represents an example from Class D instead of A, and Read dates this group to the 9th-12th centuries AD suggesting a probable similar date range for the current example.The PAS database has three other parallels, all from Norfolk; NMS-CC35D2 (silver, and from Swaffham), NMS-E7CD35 (Congham) and NMS-20FA23 (Narford).
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