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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: LON-EE0F14
Object type certainty: Certain
A mid to late Anglo Saxon hooked tag made from silver, with a flat circular head and a projecting, tapering hook. Directly opposed to the hook there are two circular attachment holes punched into the circular head. The front is decorated with an engraved circle within which is an equal-armed cross made up of four U shapes; the tops of the Us are linked by the circle. Each of the arms is also connected via a double-strand ring that links them closer to the centre. There are some punched dots roughly arranged in lines in the centre of the cross, on the arms and within the ring; there are three dots in each arm, a possible diagonal cross in the centre, and two or three dots in each segment of the ring. Traces of niello remain within some of the incised decoration. The two attachment holes are above the side arms of the cross.
Hooked tags are probably all-purpose fastenings used to secure clothing and purses, and are known from the second half of the 7th to the 11th centuries. A silver and niello hooked tag of similar form and decoration, but more neatly made, has been recorded from Brabourne, Kent, and has been dated to the 9th or 10th century (TAR 2004, no. 95; ref. 2004T327).
Dimensions: length: 18.40mm; width: 13.52mm; thickness: 0.78mm; weight: 0.86g.
Notes:
As the hooked tag is greater than 300 years old and is more than 10% silver it fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2011T36
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Length: 18.4 mm
Width: 13.52 mm
Thickness: 0.78 mm
Weight: 0.86 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: Kent
District: Dartford
Parish: Longfield And New Barn
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ6271
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m [scope notes]
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall
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Identified by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2011T36
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Audit data
Created:
Thursday 13th January 2011
Updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
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