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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, probably a hooked tag of possible Early-Medieval date. It is missing its tip due to old breaks. The object has a flat triangular plate with two triangular notches at the attachment end either side of a large central circular sewing hole. Each side of the plate has two triangular notches creating a slight collar prior to the integral hook. The hook itself is flat, oval sectioned and tapers towards a backwards curving hook before terminating in old breaks. At the attachment end is a separately cast copper-alloy wire loop that is S-shaped in form and folded to an angle of 90 degrees to enable it to hinge through the sewing hole. The entire object measures 21.17mm in length, 9.19mm in width 1.12mm in thickness and 0.81g in weight.Parallels in terms of form for this object are noted in hooked tags of Early-Medieval date published by Read (2008: nos. 94-95) and placed in his Early-Medieval Class B Type 1 hooked tag group. However, the current example differs through the presence of the separate wire loop, which may either indicate a differing function or potential re-use or modification of the object in antiquity. While it might tentatively be given a later Early-Medieval date range (c.7th-12th centuries AD) a later date range cannot be ruled out entirely.
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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