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Description: | An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy hooked tag of probable Early-Medieval date. It is missing the attachment end and the terminal end of the hook due to old breaks. The plate is roughly oval in form, flat and with extensive decoration on the front face. This comprises multiple punched ring and dot motifs that cover the entire surface. At the base the plate tapers to an integral rectangular hook that terminatesin old breaks. The entire object measures 18.61mm in length, 15.39mm in width, 0.79mm in thickness, and 0.88g in weight.This is an incomplete hooked tag of probable Early-Medieval date. It finds parallels in examples published by Read (2008: nos. 102, 110) and is of probable 8th-12th century AD date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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