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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: LIN-167E53
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a copper alloy hooked tag. It has a sub-triangular head, a form dated by Webster to between the 7th and 9th centuries (Webster 1991, 235). On the face of the head are four punched ring and dot motifs and two holes for attachment. The tag is broken.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 650
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: South Ormsby Cum Ketsby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webster, L. and Backhouse, J. | 1991 | The Making of England: Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900 | London | British Museum Press |
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