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Description: | A cast copper-alloy hooked tag. The hollow body is rectangular in shape and semi-circular in cross section. The convex front is decorated with lozengiform cross-hatching. From the centre of the bottom of the body an integral hook protrudes, all that remains is a short point 6mm long, and the body as been squashed at the opposite end to the hook. The reverse is hollow. An identical parallel was found in London and has been dated to the 15th century (Ward Perkins, 1940, p 273 and 279, plate LXXVI, No. 9). The length is 30.7, the width is 12.42mm and the weight is 5grams.Refer to: NLM-7E15C3
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