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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: BH-2EE774
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval hooked tag, of Read (2008) Class E Type 3, dating c. AD 1500-1600. The hooked tag comprises a central circular plate with concave reverse and moulded decoration on the domed face. On the upper edge is an integral trapezoidal loop of a frame that is triangular in cross-section. On the opposite edge of the plate is a scar where the broken rear-facing hook would have projected. The surfaces of the plate and loop have mottled light and dark green patination.
The dress hook measures 20mm long and 14mm wide. It weighs 1.78 grams.
For similar examples of this type of dress-hook, see Read 2008, p. 95, as well as OXON-A77EE6 and BERK-1EA0A5 on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database.
Notes:
Recorded remotely with information and images provided by finder.
Class: Read Class E Type 3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 14 mm
Weight: 1.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th April 2021 - Wednesday 28th April 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Cholsey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5988
Four figure Latitude: 51.58777375
Four figure longitude: -1.14978824
1:25K map: SU5988
1:10K map: SU58NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | p. 95 |
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