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Description: | An incomplete Early Medieval, sheet copper alloy hooked tag of Read's type A1, dating from AD 600 - 1100. It can also be classidied as Lewis and Naylor (2013) Class B2.a (lobed), probably. The plate is teardrop shaped and has been classed as Triangular. The integral, curved hook at the base is incomplete. The point of the hook is missing and the upper part of the body has also broken away across the two attachment holes, leaving just traces of one hole visible. It appears to be lobed. The tag has smooth, dark green patina, somewhat pitted by corrosion. There are slight traces of decoration which appears to be ring-and-dot motifs. It is 22.9mm long, 13.5mm wide and 5.5mm thick. It weighs 0.89gm.A similar tag is illustrated in Read, 2008, Hooked Clasps and Eyes, page 9, number 24. Compare also MacGregor and Bolick, A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections, Ashmolean Museum, 1993, page 190, numbers 32.2 and 32.3.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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