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HOOKED TAG

Unique ID: HAMP-D45E50

Object type certainty: Certain
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A triangular copper-alloy hooked tag of early-medieval date. The tag has been cut from a sheet, with the apex of the triangle recurved to form the hook, arguably now missing its tip. The flat object has been pierced twice with two circular, slightly unaligned attachment holes at the wider end. The attachment end is slightly cusped with removals towards the centre and the ends. There is a triple incision on the upper surface that follows the sides. The main field has been affected by corrosion and no further decoration is discernible. For triangular hooked tags in general see Biddle 1990 (550; fig. 148); for one with linear decoration dated to the 9th century see West (1998, 215; ref. 97.2). The object has a dark-green patina with areas of variable lighter corrosion product. Hooked tags such as this could date from the 7th to 11th centuries; a slightly more refined range is suggested based on Winchester and Ipswich finds in the volumes quoted above.

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 950

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.6 mm
Width: 17.95 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.04 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd November 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E2753

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cut
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Wonston CP

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Biddle, M.	1990	Artefacts from Medieval Winchester: Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester	Oxford	Clarendon Press	550	148
West, S.E.	1998	Corpus of Anglo Saxon material from Suffolk		East Anglian Archaeology	215	97.2

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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