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Description: | An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy hooked tag of Read Class A, Type 1, dating to the 7th to early 12th centuries.The hooked tag consists of a triangular plate which narrows and curves back into the hook, most of which is now missing. The attachment end has an engrailed edge, below which are two rivet holes. Below this the surface has drilled and compass-inscribed decoration consisting of a trefoil formed from four ring-and-dot motifs. Two engraved and slightly oblique transverse lines mark the junction of the plate and the hook. The reverse is undecorated. Three of the drilled dots have worn through and there is some damage and loss to one of the edges.The object measures c.24.95mm in length, and narrows in width from 12.32mm at the attachment end to 1.80mm at the hook. The metal sheet is c.0.9mm thick and weighs 0.54g. A very similar hooked tag is illustrated in Read (2008), p9 fig. 23.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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