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Description: | An incomplete, copper alloy hooked tag, Read class E, type 3, dating from the early post-medieval period, AD 1500 - 1650. It has a circular, openwork body with a raised rim and an outer border of pellets. The body has a moulding consisting of a plain cross with a central pellet. There are circular perforations in each of the quarters of the cross. At the upper end of the body is a rectangular attachment loop. Both attachment loop and perforations are only partially completed, some metal remaining in place. At the lower end is a narrow, D section curved hook; this hook is now bent and the point is missing. The reverse of the tag is plain and unmarked. It has a dark brown patina. It is 33.3mm long, 17.2mm wide and 7.7mm thick. It weighs 2.79gm.A similar tag is illustrated in Read, 2008, Hooked Clasps and Eyes, page 99, number 370.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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