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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: NMS-E36C91
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Description: Middle to Late Anglo-Saxon silver hooked tag with twin rounded and pierced attachment lugs above a sub-triangular plate (apex downwards, corners rounded). Engraved lines followed by very fine pecking (repeated linear tapping or punching, or rocking an engraving tool) surround the attachment holes and link their bases. Similar lines, one curved below two oblique lines set symmetrically, decorate the plate. The plate tapers evenly into the sharp hook, which survives intact. The reverse is undecorated.
Dimensions: 19 x 10.5mm. Thickness 0.5mm. Weight 0.66g.
Discussion and Date: The plate is an unusual shape; most triangular plates have the attachment holes within the triangle rather than in these large rounded lobes. Compare NMS-CF0BB4 for another example, also from Norfolk. The engraving technique is found most commonly on 11th-century items; compare silver hooked tags WILT-53C776 and SF4140, copper-alloy hooked tag SF-D18A63 and stirrup terminal SF7017. It is therefore likely that this hooked tag is 11th-century, although an earlier date (back to the 8th century) cannot be ruled out.
Notes:
As the object is made of more than 10% precious metal and is over 300 years old, it constitutes potential Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Norwich Castle Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2012T874
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Width: 10.5 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th November 2012 - Monday 10th December 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 1021
Other reference: KLMD112012
Treasure case number: 2012T874
Materials and construction
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 24-30 |
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