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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: BERK-266C62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy hooked tag. It has a broadly rectangular body with stepped neck into a sharp curved hook that has a rectangular cross-section. There is an open sub-rectangular area towards the top of the main body where the tag would have been attached (probably sewn) to clothing, a bag or similar. The front of the tag is decorated with neatly spaced multiple punched annulets over the body and down onto the neck. The reverse is undecorated. The hooked tag is complete and in very good condition.
From its lightweight construction and punched decoration, the tag probably dates to the early-medieval period (8th-12th centuries), although Read notes that the one example he cites may be 16th-century (Read 2008, p. 21, no.95; this is probably due to its single rectangular attachment hole, which is reminiscent of the slots of Tudor hooked tags.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.08 mm
Width: 11.3 mm
Thickness: 0.88 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Wednesday 17th August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2011.357
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Chieveley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4774
Four figure Latitude: 51.463029
Four figure longitude: -1.324845
1:25K map: SU4774
1:10K map: SU47SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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