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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: LIN-673474
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.600-c.1100) hooked tag, missing fragments from its corners and the tip of its hook. The hooked tag falls into Read's Class A, Type 1: Triangular/sub-triangular single sharp-hooked clasps. Similar hooked tags can be found in Read, 2008, Hooked-Clasps & Eyes, p.8, nos.11-18. Overall, it measures 25.2mm long, 13.9mm wide and 1.2mm thick. It weighs 1.41g. The hooked tag is undecorated but may have had an engrailed edge at the attachment end. Both attachment holes are broken.
Class:
Class A
Sub class: Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 600
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.2 mm
Width: 13.9 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 1.41 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: West Lindsey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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