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Description: | A copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.700-c.1100) hooked tag. The hooked tag falls into Read's Class B, Type 1: Triangular/sub-triangular single sharp-hooked clasps. A similar hooked tag can be found in Read, 2008, Hooked-Clasps & Eyes, p.21, no.94. Overall, it measures 20.2mm long, 7.2mm wide and 3.8mm thick (the metal's thickness is 0.9mm). It weighs 0.48g. The decoration is engraved and moulded-relief and takes the form of a projecting shallow ridged angular collar midway, a rounded knop either end of the attachement end (one is missing), and an engraved linear border around the attachment end.
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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