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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: SUSS-735DB2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy hooked tag. The tag is flat backed and has a moulded front. The central plate is oval extending into a point at one side with a raised line border containing raised floral/foliate decoration. The oval attachement loop is attached opposite the pointed side and is brocken and bent at one side from an old break. On the opposite side the plate extends out into a point ending in a trefoil terminal. The hook extends from the central leaf of the trefoil. The hook is bent backwards but end in an old break at the start of the bend; it is D shaped in section with a flat back. The hooked tag is 32.6mm long, 15.4mm wide and 1.7mm thick (excluding the bent sections); it weighs 2.14 grams.
Read (2008: 120, No.491) illustrates a similar, although much more worn, example which he categorises as Early Post Medieval Class H and and suggests dates to the 16th century. It is also similar to Read (2008: 96, No.355) which is similar in date although that example has a trapizoid rather than oval attachement loop. See HAMP-18EF82 on this database for another example.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.5 mm
Width: 15.4 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 2.14 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th September 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Arun (District)
To be known as: Near Goring by Sea
Spatial coordinates
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 | 96, 120 | No.355, 491 |
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