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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: DOR-F6D8A1
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete copper alloy early medieval hooked tag of Read's Class A Type 2 c. AD 600 - 1066. The hooked tag consists of a circular plate with two incomplete circular attachment holes at the attachment end. The plate is decorated on the obverse with an indistint incised design which may depict a stylised cross pattee surrounded by a pellet border. The triangular hook extends from the bottom of the plate and terminates in an old break. The hooked tag has a mottled brown and green patina and is heavily worn.
The hooked tag measures 28.25mm in length, is 21.04mm wide, is 1.01mm thick and weighs 2.40g.
Cf. Read, B, 2008, p. 17, no. 73.
Class: Read Class A Type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 600
Date to: Circa AD 1066
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.25 mm
Width: 21.04 mm
Thickness: 1.01 mm
Weight: 2.4 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: GSM2S9
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Gussage St Michael
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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