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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: YORYM-C133F1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy hooked tag of post-medieval date. The tag has a circular main plate moulded on the front surface. The design features a central raised pellet, surrounded by a circle, surrounding this is the design of a rose. The main plate has no border. The reverse of the main plate is concave. Extending upwards from the main plate is the trapezoidal loop, it is bent. Below the main plate the hook extends, it is bent and has lost the tip. The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour and is worn. For parallels see: Read, p96, No. 350.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.9 mm
Width: 15.2 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd May 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bishop Burton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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