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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy hooked tag of Early Medieval date. The plate is triangular and decorated with a series of punched dots. A thin incised border groove runs down either side. The top edge of the triangle is broken so that no border or attachment holes survive.The hook extends from the pointed end of the triangular plate and is bent out of shape, terminating at a worn break. The stem of the hook is decorated with two groups of incised lines. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour. The hooked tag is 36.6mm long, 16.9mm wide, 0.7mm thick and weighs 1.8g.A parallel can be seen in Read, p.7, no.10 as Class A, Type 1. Hooked tags date from the 7th to the 12th century.
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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