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Description: | Lead beast tag. Rectangular cast plate with a stamped numeral 15 within a square panel. One edge extends as a sub-triangular pointed lug through which an attachment hole of diameter 2mm is punched. The finder kindly reports that the object was used for the identification of cattle according to a simpler numerical version of the system of ear-tagging which continues today with plastic markers and barcodes. Suggested date: Modern, 1950-1970.Height: 42.9mm, Width: 30.8mm, Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 22.77gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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