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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: NMS-86FC4B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Middle Saxon to medieval sheet copper alloy hooked tag, the end of the hook missing. On the circular plate there are two attachment holes, a central hole surrounded by two concentric punched rings, and around the edge five much smaller punched ring-and-dots (four of the dots have punctured the metal). Read 2008, early medieval Class A, type 2. Extant length 14.3mm. Width 11.8mm. 8th - 11th century.
Class: Read 2008, early medieval Class A, type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.3 mm
Width: 11.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 6th February 2014 - Monday 9th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59713
Other reference: SB062014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Snettisham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6834
Four figure Latitude: 52.87723301
Four figure longitude: 0.49495961
1:25K map: TF6834
1:10K map: TF63SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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