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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: NCL-53DAC7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy hooked-tag, Read class E type 2, of Post-Medeival date, c. 1500-1650.
The tag is complete, cast in one piece as a shield-shaped body with openwork decoration consisting of a transverse cabled band surmounted by two fleurs-de-lis; the opposite side has a swag and a ridged ribbed collar at the juncture of the plate and hooks.
See exact parallel in Read 2008, 89, no 305.
Class:
Read class E type 2
Evidence of reuse: open up for possible use as bangle
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.08 mm
Width: 15.25 mm
Thickness: 2.38 mm
Weight: 2.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 9th October 2012 - Tuesday 6th November 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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)
Parish or ward: Skerne and Wansford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0555
Four figure Latitude: 53.980401
Four figure longitude: -0.400383
1:25K map: TA0555
1:10K map: TA05NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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