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Description: | An Early Post-Medieval (1500-1700) tinned copper-alloy (or perhaps tin-alloy) openwork hooked tag of Read's Class E, Type 2. It measures 22.97x12.30x6.08mm and weighs 1.49g.This tag is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. It has a sub-rectangular attachment loop that has a width of 8.52mm. The plate is shield-shaped (or heart-shaped) in plan and has five holes forming openwork, a result of a five armed device at the centre of the plate. The two arms reaching to either side of the plate extend as a tiny projection beyond the outside edge. At the front, dividing the plate from the hook, there is a small horizontal ridge. The hook is 'D'- shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. It tapers in width from 3.42mm to 1.67mm at its blunt point, curved rearwards through 180°.Compare with published examples (Read 2008: 89-91).
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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