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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: YORYM-12EAD6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy hooked tag of early-medieval date. The hooked tag is of Reads Class E, Type 1 being circular in plan. The main plate consists of a circular panel with small central drilled hole and angular attachment knops projecting from one edge. A short and broken hook extends from the opposite end of the plate. The hooked tag is extremely worn with any possible decoration having been removed.
The metal has a mid reddish-brown patina and is worn. The hooked tag is 18.8mm long, 9mm wide, 1.9mm thick and weighs 0.8g.
A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.31, no.132 and is dated to the early medieval period.
Class: Class E, Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.8 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.3 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brantingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9329
Four figure Latitude: 53.74908357
Four figure longitude: -0.5911716
1:25K map: SE9329
1:10K map: SE92NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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