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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: WILT-004FF5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Post-Medieval (1500-1700) tinned copper-alloy (or perhaps tin-alloy) openwork hooked tag of Read's Class E, Type 2. It measures 22.97x12.30x6.08mm and weighs 1.49g.
This tag is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. It has a sub-rectangular attachment loop that has a width of 8.52mm. The plate is shield-shaped (or heart-shaped) in plan and has five holes forming openwork, a result of a five armed device at the centre of the plate. The two arms reaching to either side of the plate extend as a tiny projection beyond the outside edge.
At the front, dividing the plate from the hook, there is a small horizontal ridge. The hook is 'D'- shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. It tapers in width from 3.42mm to 1.67mm at its blunt point, curved rearwards through 180°.
Compare with published examples (Read 2008: 89-91).
Sub class: Read’s Class E, Type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.97 mm
Width: 12.3 mm
Thickness: 6.08 mm
Weight: 1.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 31st May 2012 - Thursday 30th August 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Salisbury Museum Entry Form 3949
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Broad Hinton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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