Rights Holder: Oxfordshire County Council
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Unique ID: BERK-84DCB9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
A fragment of a silver dress fastener or hooked tag of early-medieval date. The fragment comprises maybe a third of the tag, retaining one of the two attachment lugs. The tag is decorated with an animal (possibly a horse or a bull?) in Trewhiddle style, with interlace below the animal's stomach. An outer border of irregular pellets is bound by two continuous lines. Similar objects are classed as Read (2008) Class D or E - because the hook is missing it is not possible to discern which class this example belongs to. However the size and decoration suggests a 9th century date. A similar example is recorded as HAMP-0B4001. The example recorded here appears to be the only one on the database with a recognisable quadruped depicted.
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted for consideration as Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2014T431
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 900
Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd May 2014 - Sunday 15th June 2014
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Other reference: 2014.109
Treasure case number: 2014T431
Primary material: Silver
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Fragment
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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