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Description: | Silver sheet blunt-hooked dress fastener or hooked tag with a mushroom-shaped outline, the hook at the base of the broad stem and four attachment holes across the top. On the front two engraved chevrons, one above the hook and the other at the top of the stem, are joined by two lines. Four short oblique lines spring from the inner edge of the lower one. No parallel has been noted. Length 20mm. Width 17mm. Thickness 0.5mm. Weight 0.87g. The use of sheet and of attachment holes suggest the object is probably not post-medieval. A date in the 8th - 11th century is more likely.
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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